Liam Fox
Liam Fox
Liam Foxis a British Conservative politician who has been the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade since 2016. He has been the Member of Parliamentfor North Somerset since 1992 and was Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 September 1961
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The Opposition should be concentrating on opposing the government rather than involving themselves in endless speculation
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We can't afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched anywhere in the world.
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We will continue to be a big contributor to NATO and our interests will be more secure.
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If Iran becomes a nuclear weapon state it is the end of non-proliferation as we know it. If Iran gets a nuclear weapon you are likely to see Saudi, Egypt and other countries follow suit and we will bequeath to the next generation a nuclear arms race in the world's most unstable region.
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It is entirely a matter for David whether or not he wants to be open about that.
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It's simply not sensible for the government to say there's no link. What I think is surprising is that the government denies there's any link - but the government's handling of this has been rather inept politically from start to finish.
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It's simply not sensible ... for the government to say there is no link whatsoever between what is happening in Iraq and what is happening in terms of recruiting extremists.
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Britain needs an education system that is appropriate to both society and the individual - and it is wrong to pretend that watering down academic standards in pursuit of universal achievement will do that,
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There's no point in asking focus groups. I go down the pub and hear about it there.
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This is an extremely good result. I am delighted to have polled well above predictions. I go into the next round with real momentum.
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It's a question of whether they have learned any lessons at all.
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This is a celebration of a great historic figure.
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The whole thing is really quite pathetic. Here we have two self-obsessed schoolboys who spend all their time thinking about themselves and their future and not the future of the country.
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I've made it very clear what I believe in -- a sense of family, community, respect for the law, Britain controlling its own direction,