A Quote by Grant Shapps

It is often said there is a great deal of talent in the Conservative Parliamentary Party. This is true, but too many of the brightest and best remain on the backbenches.

Grant Shapps

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Grant Shapps
British - Politician
Born: September 14, 1968

You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at the scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Sarah Bernhardt

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George Orwell

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Ron Davies

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Benjamin Disraeli

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Tom Cotton

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Gina Miller

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John Major

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Theresa May

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Bobby Jindal

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Crispin Blunt

Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,' 'she murmured,' 'he questioned.' It's true that any word repeated too often becomes monotonous, but substitutions for 'said' can be worse than its repetition.

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John Boehner was and is an unprincipled ward-heeler who simply couldn't weather the transition of the Republican Party from a corporatist party with a sizable conservative base to a purely conservative party.