It would be wrong for us to offer difference from the Conservative Party at the cost of credibility, but equally it would be wrong to offer credibility at the cost of being clear that there remain very fundamental differences.
Good and bad, I define these terms, quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
I think if you are going to be a singer, you should sing. If you are going to be a dancer, you should dance. If you are going to do a combination of the two, you should make it very clear when you are singing and very clear when you are dancing.
The line cannot be too strongly drawn.
Speaking of the separation of church and state
I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.
Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress, without egocentric bias or thalmic disturbance, with correct memory, with clear distinction between fact, assumption, and non-fact.
It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.
You either are or you're not.
If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument.
I report as a machine; I write as a person. That clear dichotomy softens the transition.