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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What I've done in this decision overnight is to send an absolutely crystal clear signal to everybody that we will not tolerate violence.
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It's been fascinating watching all those pictures of me with a lot more hair Jeremy, and looking very young. And we've all got things we've said, twenty, thirty years ago, indeed the whole world has changed since then.
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There have been lots of promises by the IRA in the past, including (weapons) decommissioning events, but on a much smaller and more limited scale than this one ... This is different.
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It is rock solid firm. There is no shifting from it. If everything collapses by then, then it (the legislature) will collapse. There will be no coming back.
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There was no prospect at all of the completely different life that I now see around me just today in Belfast
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This is a moment of choice for everybody, for politicians and for people right the way down through every part of the community.
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Provided the enabling environment is established and maintained, this program will be achievable within two years, though if the conditions are right to move more quickly in implementing elements of the plan, the government will do so,
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These are two independent bodies who will call it as it is. They will tell us what is for real,
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So it is absolutely essential now that the government gives the lead to re-establish the rule of law,
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I was horrified at the evidence I have been shown of the severity of the attacks on police officers,
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The problem is that once the government and he (Mugabe) encouraged the land invasions and did not do anything about the violence, but appeared to condone it, the situation escalated,
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We have good reason to suspect that Iraq is still hiding chemical, biological and weapons of mass destruction in a range of locations.
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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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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.