But what it means is there's a huge amount of messiness, a tilting toward informality (so) the legitimacy of present leaders is somewhat undercut. Andrew Cooper More Quotes by Andrew Cooper More Quotes From Andrew Cooper The people who are very, very concerned about immigration, what they wanted was purely and simply for the UK to be able to have total control of its borders and total control of the flow of people into this country, and we didn't have an argument that could remotely compete with that. It meant we couldn't really engage in the campaign on that vital issue. We didn't have much option but to keep trying to pivot back to the economic risks. Andrew Cooper world If the Remain campaign wins by a clear margin, the Conservative Party must quickly move on from the EU issue, on the Saturday morning we should go back wholeheartedly to the agenda David Cameron set out in his speech to last year's party conference, driving the Conservative Party onto the center ground and bolting it there. Andrew Cooper world They give speeches, they've made money on their books, but also they have these kind of fixer roles that get a bit murky and a bit blurry in terms of their roles, they know how governments work, they know such a wide variety of people, and yet they're released from those types of concerns, and they can operate in this freelance entrepreneurial way around the world without very many barriers. Andrew Cooper world They break the mould of former leaders ... that focused much more on national politics and explicit ideological concerns. Andrew Cooper world Now you've got a whole array of actors that don't have classic legitimacy but are involved in health care, education, even to some extent environmental issues. Andrew Cooper world He may be tempted to have a quiet life and play golf, but there's going to be a lot of pressure on him to play the global role, and perhaps even some pressure to have material benefits from that. Andrew Cooper world
