Jack Straw
Jack Straw
John Whitaker Strawis an English politician who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Blackburn from 1979 to 2015. Straw served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. From 2007 to 2010 he served as Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice throughout Brown's...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 August 1946
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It is a further illustration of the evil that we are dealing with,
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It is a frustrating situation that I hope and pray that we may be able to reach agreement,
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We agreed that it is not possible for ministers to order the judiciary around.
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The proposals from the presidency are not acceptable to us,
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This (stand-off) will not be resolved by military means, let's be clear about that,
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This spirit of cooperation will, I hope, lead to many more measures that will benefit all in the region.
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The overall result is less than we hoped but more than we expected.
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those misgivings were surely put to rest by the lengthy statement we have just heard.
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We'll make decisions about exactly how much time in the light of the report at the United Nations.
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We don't have to make a decision today about this. I think the appropriate place for that to be announced is to the British parliament and there'll be a statement from me in exactly a week's time when parliament reassembles.
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The demands they have made could not be met without great damage to jobs and industry, to essential services ... to pensioners and children,
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We have looked at the letter very carefully. The Iranians are under an obligation to respond positively to the resolution of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency ... and we look to them to do that,
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Although Yitzhak Rabin was prevented from seeing his efforts bear fruit, he set in motion a process which, despite setbacks, continues today,
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As Prime Minister, (Rabin) made difficult and courageous decisions in his search for peace and was undaunted by the many obstacles he faced,