Peter Hain
Peter Hain
Peter Gerald Hain, Baron Hain, PCis a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliamentfor Neath between 1991 and 2015, and served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was the Leader of the House of Commons from 2003 to 2005 and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2005 to 2007 under Blair, and as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales from 2007 to 2008 under...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 February 1950
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I take heart in the statements made not just by the IRA leadership but by the president of Sinn Fein in repeatedly condemning criminality and saying it has no part for the future Republicans.
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I can't imagine anybody wanting to stand against him because it is quite likely they would face a crushing defeat.
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Freedom of the press is a basic principle of international human rights, ... I urge the Liberian government to drop all charges and release the journalists immediately.
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Whatever our politics, whatever our religion, George Best has helped us find our common humanity.
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I also want to see the IRA deliver on its promises,
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Kent is a different situation. I think it is fair to ask the question about Northern Ireland and Kent, but everyone would agree that Northern Ireland is uniquely different.
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We're all working together then to look forward beyond an IRA statement, if it is the credible one we're hoping for and expecting.
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I have reviewed the status of all specified and other paramilitary organizations, as I am obliged to do under legislation, and concluded there are sufficient grounds to specify the UVF/RHC,
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I'm now going through, and indeed have been over the past week, a process in which I will be making an announcement in the next few days.
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I want to see, as he does, more and more integration right across the board.
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if we are to create a strong and prosperous Northern Ireland.
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confirms all my worst fears ... The Sun has done the House a favor by exposing the amateurish and old fashioned culture which is a threat to the very cockpit of our democracy.
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And until we got the Good Friday Agreement, which opened up a whole new world for Northern Ireland, and indeed elsewhere, that has changed everything.
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It's very serious and I don't want to speculate on who was responsible,