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Michael Ashcroft

I am a rootless individual, but when I land in Belize, I have that feeling of comfort that I am returning home.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

If home is where the heart is, then Belize is my home.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

In an area of more than 1,000 war graves and with birdsong as the only sound, I contemplated the thin margin between life and death. If the sniper’s bullet had been just two feet to one side, my father’s life would have been over, aged just 27, and I would never have been born.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

When I was in my early twenties, I hoped one day to own a Victoria Cross, the ultimate decoration in Britain and the Commonwealth for bravery in the face of the enemy.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

Eric Ashcroft, a gentle, kind, popular man with a wicked sense of humour, was always modest about his wartime exploits, but eventually, with much prompting from his persistent son, he told me of his terrifying experience on D-Day.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

My business affairs are entirely proper, and no amount of smear, rumour or innuendo will alter that fact.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

I agree with the Speaker and have concluded that my other activities do not permit me to devote the time that membership of the Lords properly requires.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

I will continue my involvement in politics through Lord Ashcroft Polls and my political publishing interests: Conservative Home, Biteback Publishing and Dods.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

The Conservatives do not want to go into an election with the leaders’ relative ratings as they are – but it is depressing to hear that plans are afoot to paint Miliband as the Michael Dukakis of British politics: part of a metropolitan elite with no understanding of mainstream concerns.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

Many people supported the Conservatives because of David Cameron, while many people supported Labour despite Ed Miliband. Deteriorating opinions of Cameron will therefore have a bigger impact on the Conservatives’ vote share than worsening views of Miliband would have on Labour’s.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

The fact that the Conservatives are losing voters to UKIP while struggling to attract those who voted for other parties in 2010 suggests they have still not successfully shown what a Conservative government is for. This needs to be done on a broad front in a way that encompasses the economy and public services.

– Michael Ashcroft

Michael Ashcroft

Conservatives like to talk about ‘the strivers’ who share what they like to think of as Conservative values. But as I found in my Blue Collar Tories research in 2012, such people no longer see the party as their natural ally.

– Michael Ashcroft

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