Clare Short
Clare Short
Clare Shortis a British politician, and a member of the Labour Party. She was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood from 1983 to 2010; for most of this period she was a Labour Party MP, but she resigned the party whip in 2006 and served the remainder of her term as an Independent. She stood down as a member of parliament at the 2010 general election. Short was Secretary of State for International Development in the government of Prime...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 February 1946
thinking iraq suffering
I think the suffering, violence and cruelty and Guantanamo and the rest is going to go on and on in Iraq.
break-up mean agreement
I mean that the time where we need International agreement more than ever on the environment and the rest, poverty we are breaking up our International Institutions and the rule of law and Tony Blair is part of it.
government needs chance
We need to keep this Labour government, it has a good chance of another term.
anger mean justice
That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice within Northern Ireland as well as using security well, as well as a political settlement, but surely that is the lesson.
rights roots effort
To tackle the underlying roots of violence and conflict, we need a massive international effort to reduce poverty and injustice, and to promote development, democracy and human rights.
needs action should
Of course we need action, but it should be Just action.
morning accusing-me people
People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.
country lying iraq
But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and we now know that our own Prime Minister deceived the country terribly.
thinking democracy british
I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out.
country birth-control needs
It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola.
war authority said
The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war.
loss suffering population
And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near the general election in constituencies with a substantial Muslim population knows that.
quality balance speed
One must strike the right balance between speed and quality.
country depressing politics
The Commons is one of the most depressing and intellectually unstimulating places in the country. [On the state of British politics