One of the things that we've got to understand... is that politics of identity has never gone away. And where people have had a strong identity, geographically, culturally, in terms of their employment... if that's gone and not being replaced by something else, then I think the right-of-centre's got to wake up to that.

James Cleverly

Once we can Brexit delivered, we can then start talking about those other issues which are much better at bringing people together. We will talk about local health provision, education, farming policing and the economy.

James Cleverly

I think the Conservative Party is a fantastic organisation, it's been a wonderful home for me.

James Cleverly

I am Brexit tooth and claw, but we need to be pragmatic and sensible and leave with a deal.

James Cleverly

We just fundamentally forgot that people want to vote for something positive. They want to be shown what the good life for them personally looks like.

James Cleverly

I was born and brought up in south east London and been very conscious for a long time that people feel politics happens to them and not with them.

James Cleverly

I, Daniel Blake' is a powerful and moving film. But it is a political polemic and is particularly unfair on the public sector professionals who work in Job Centre Plus, in my experience they are proactive and helpful. Completely at odds with their portrayal in the film.

James Cleverly

Brexit has given us the start of a conversation with people who perhaps haven't traditionally voted Conservative.

James Cleverly

We didn't get agitated over the closure of blacksmiths when people stopped riding horses and started driving cars.

James Cleverly

I get racist stuff all the time.

James Cleverly

The point of a political party is to attract a broad base of members and activists and lots of them.

James Cleverly

Once Brexit is delivered, we then need to think about how we can make the Conservatives look new and sound different.

James Cleverly

Once we have delivered Brexit, no one is going to say: 'Oh wow, you delivered Brexit, I'm going to ignore everything else to do with politics and reward you!'

James Cleverly

When there are legitimate concerns and frustrations it is never cool to marginalise and ridicule the people who have those concerns.

James Cleverly

I regularly help constituents who have had problems with the benefits system.

James Cleverly

It's the nature often on social media that people say things without really thinking through their position.

James Cleverly

So the better thing to do is to be right and be doing the right things for the right reasons rather than trying to be cool and popular and saying whatever thing is going to get good headlines or a big cheer at Glastonbury.

James Cleverly

We have had political parties threatening to bring down the government, talking about it but not bringing down the government. What I am focused on is the things we are in control of. The timing of a general election, we don't have control over.

James Cleverly

One of the things that we've got to understand... is that politics of identity has never gone away. And where people have had a strong identity, geographically, culturally, in terms of their employment... if that's gone and not being replaced by something else, then I think the right-of-centre's got to wake up to that.

James Cleverly

There is one party, the Conservative Party who is committed to honouring the referendum result, getting Brexit done and then delivering on the priorities of the British people.

James Cleverly

The Conservative Party absolutely can be a party that speaks to mining communities in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and communities based around heavy industry in Yorkshire and County Durham, Wales and Cornwall as well as urban areas like London.

James Cleverly