- This "my way or the highway" strategy has been a disaster for both Labour & the Conservatives. Parties are not just vehicles for their leaders, to be driven this way or that by whoever's currently at the wheel. They are coalitions built out of multiple traditions. Wise leaders make that a strength
- “The people who don’t agree with this direction need to get out of the way … We’re about the future, not the past". A leader who refuses to maintain a coalition even within her own party is going to struggle to build much of a coalition among the electorate. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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