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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We are all agreed that it is extremely important that as quickly as possible there is a broad-based multi-ethnic civil administration in Afghanistan.
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It shows how from very, very dark circumstances -- and we've had to deal with terrorism year after year after year which has killed hundreds of people -- it is possible to see the light, provide the process to keep going and achieve results,
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Once they are back in the UK, the police will consider whether to arrest them under the Terrorism Act 2000 for questioning in connection with possible terrorist activity,
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So far as travel advice to Kenya is concerned, it already warns of possible dangers and we will be reviewing that straight away,
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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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We agreed that it is not possible for ministers to order the judiciary around.
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I believe that restraint in developing possible nuclear weapon delivery systems is in the long-term interest of India and the region,
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Whether or not technically they have rights under the Geneva Conventions, they have rights in customary international law, and all of us who are either involved as their representatives as their governments or those holding them have obligations.
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We're going to listen carefully to what the president has to say and we'll take it from there,
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We're going to listen carefully ... and make an assessment from there,
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the possibility of war is real and very disturbing.
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The people who will finally decide will not be the British Government or the Spanish Government, but the people of Gibraltar in a referendum, ... That was a solemn undertaking given in 1969 to the people of Gibraltar. We absolutely stand by it.
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We've agreed to set up a monitoring mission that is going to be launched on Thursday,
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We are awaiting the police assessment of the video,