Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Harry Clarke CH QC, often known as Ken Clarke, is a British Conservative politician who has represented Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire as a Member of Parliament since 1970...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 July 1940
sorry party years
I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change.
party eight years
I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead the Conservative Party to make quicker progress back into power.
trust party winning
I trust that whoever leads the Conservative Party actually pays regard to my advice on how we should conduct ourselves and I personally will obviously support whoever eventually wins.
party men aggravation
The political health of Britain has deteriorated very sharply. The Conservative Party must do something about it. I am the man to do it.
party people voting
The Conservative Party have got to ask themselves, 'How do we persuade people who at the moment are voting Labour and Liberal Democrat to vote Conservative
decided doubt legitimacy people possibly unfolding
Is there legitimacy in the doubt that possibly this was all decided on, has been remorselessly unfolding for many months? I think many people think it has,
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I shan't lose my paunch. I like my relaxed lifestyle. I like food. Because of my relaxed lifestyle I haven't suffered from the stress my colleagues do. I seem able to outlast them all!
attorney deeply despite longer opinion press
We now no longer know what the Attorney General's opinion is, despite the press speculation there has been that he is deeply disturbed.
growing lawful tobacco
understandable exasperation growing on the part of the tobacco industry, which is manufacturing a lawful product...
expecting
I don't think we're expecting anything big in the way of surf.
bill copy encourage mr people planning rates send
We're planning to send a copy of our rates bill to Mr Prescott and we encourage people to tell him what they think.
My sense is that the majority of Conservatives share my reservations about how we got into Iraq.
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If the prime minister really believes it, he must be the only person left who thinks that the recent bombs in London had no connection at all with his policy in Iraq.
blair government politics standing
The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country.