SINGING
THE BLUES

I believe the Conservative Party
is the last bastion between Britain
and disaster.

Margaret Thatcher

The fundamental question is, is the
Conservative Party leadable?

Michael Heseltine, following William Hague’s resignation as
leader of the Tories, 9 June 2001

It behaves more like a tribe than a
democratic institution… responding to
custom rather than reason and using
its own liturgy and language for the
conduct of its domestic affairs.

Chris Patten on the Conservative Party, The Times, 10
October 1981

We’re always short of money. We need
a lot more. Do you think we should
take a collection at the door?

Margaret Thatcher, when asked after winning Conservative
leadership if she would be able to attract finance to the party

No great party can survive except on
the basis of firm beliefs about what it
wants to do. It is not enough to have
reluctant support. We want people’s
enthusiasm as well.

Margaret Thatcher

An election victory such as ours is
impossible without teamwork.

Margaret Thatcher