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Everyone now claims to be a moderniser and it's obvious, really. I mean, no one now says 'We need to go backwards... to the days of Lord Salisbury'.

Francis Maude

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Francis Maude
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 4
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British Politician
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Abingdon
Berkshire
Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude
Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude
Baron Maude of Horsham
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