In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When power is exercised exclusively at the centre, the result is rigidity of rules and alienation of the people subject to those rules.
In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.
My general approach to opposition is where the government is getting something right, we should say so. And where we disagree with them, we should say so, too.
Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.
Under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, it is possible for other parties to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down.
In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.
Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.
For me, opposition is just another opposition.
There's nothing to be said for opposition. You can only talk about things and you can lay your plans. You can't actually achieve very much; you have to be in government for that.
The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.