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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Saddam has a chance and he has to take it,
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a disgusting assault on the very principle of European democracy.
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theological-political divide, which could open up even further down the boundary between so-called Christian heritage states and those of Islamic heritage.
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Now more than 40 years since the prospect of membership of the European Union was first held out to Turkey,
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Delay would give Saddam the clearest possible signal that his strategy is succeeding, ... It would tell him that the international community lacks the will to disarm him.
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I do understand how anybody who had relatives or friends in Bali is going to be extremely anxious and we are all the time, hour by hour, upgrading the staffing to take account of pressure people obviously feel.
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I am optimistic about Iraq, I think in five to 10 years we will see it becoming stable.
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I don't want to raise expectations too high,
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I cannot say whether in the middle of December we will or will not reach a deal, but it certainly will not be for want of trying,
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Your circumstance is entirely hypothetical, and I'm quite clear it won't arise.
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The Italians have shown consistently that they live by the rule of law. They have given these undertakings and we expect them to abide by them.
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The mere fact of having a Security Council meeting at ministerial level will send out a very sharp message indeed to the Syrians.
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The foreign secretary urged Iran even at this late stage to take the opportunity to come into compliance,
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The conclusion is now inescapable that Iraq is in material breach of Resolution 1441, ... But, I also say this: That war is not inevitable.