Clive Anderson Quotes

When a party loses a national election to someone such as President Trump, it's time to rethink everything.

Narendra Modi is a bubble. After elevation in his party, his first test was the Karnataka election. He failed miserably in that.

My gut tells me and continues to tell me that the Conservative party is on a road back to government.

British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.

Political parties exist to get bums on seats.

We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consigned back to opposition.

It would have been a very, very good thing if the next election after Margaret went we had lost.

As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening.

I joined a Republican Party that was used to losing, used to being browbeaten by the Democrats. I represent a totally different style.

It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the Labour Party. Long may it continue.

The Republican establishment is trying to nullify the 2016 election. That's a brutal fact we have to face.

Believe it or not, we all share the same values in the Labour party, but there will always be differences of opinion on policy - that is in the nature of the broad-church political parties we have under our flawed first-past-the-post electoral system.

I was elected by people voting Labour! The idea that you come to Parliament and the first thing you do is that you're hand in hand with Tories and Liberals - I can't understand it! I came here and I made my mind up that I wasn't going to collaborate with the people I'd fought against in the election. It wasn't a difficult thing.

Anytime somebody loses a presidential election, there are lots of explanations.

The main reason we've been the party out of power so long is we haven't had a good nominating process.

The Republican establishment who did not want Trump to win - either the primary, in some cases the general - they were unable to do anything that impacted the actual vote.

The U.K. needs a strong opposition, and Labour shows no signs of being capable of being that. The SNP is filling that void and will go on seeking to do that.

I will continue to work with the Republican Party to try to encourage primaries.

Voting Liberal is a non-thing. Historically, it might be a good idea to have a Conservative government, because change is a good thing. But I don't know that I could bring myself to vote Tory.

I had just as much support from Republicans as I did Democrats when I ran for president. But I should have organized the Democratic Party to get me re-elected.

You don't get to recall a senator just because you don't like her or just because you want the seat for your own party.

The Workers Party rose to power when the Western Left began its descent.

We need to stand up to Donald Trump and the Republicans, but we also need to stand up against our own party establishment when it's on the wrong side of an issue.

Here's the deal: when conservatives lose elections, they change their strategy. When liberals lose elections, they want to change the rules.

I don't write off any political party. I believe in strengthening the BJP and winning elections and not depend on writing off parties.