I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change.

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• Francis Maude:

  Our members are very much maligned. Obviously the average age is 60 something, but they all have ch

• Francis Maude:

  If we do what we think is right, not try to point-score, people will begin to trust us.

• Francis Maude:

  But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do th

• Francis Maude:

  They don't think we're in touch with modern Britain, or understand modern Britain or like modern Br

• Francis Maude:

  The party at its best has always been a modern party.

• Francis Maude:

  We said in our 21st Century Party paper there are 61 mosaic groups, which the market research peopl

• Francis Maude:

  For the most part our grassroots members are serious, nice, tolerant people.

• Francis Maude:

  It is simply the view, and a view I think shared by most members of the party, that it is very diff

• Francis Maude:

  The problem we have is not Labour, in however it is configured.

• Francis Maude:

  So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour