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
coming rock shifting solid
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.
bodies call
These are two independent bodies who will call it as it is. They will tell us what is for real,
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They bear full responsibility for blocking it and I am sure the Muslim communities right across Britain will take very careful note of that.
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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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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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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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I am not denying there are not tensions. I am not denying there isn't the odd argument.
bound early
It's bound to be bumpy in the early stages.
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The January report is going to be an absolutely critical benchmark of where we are.
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The closeness of our friendship meant we could understand what needed to be done in a way other countries would not have done so,
collapse confidence external internal lead serious
the collapse in external and internal confidence would lead to a more serious situation.
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The evidence I have seen is absolutely clear-cut. If it wasn't clear-cut before, it's absolutely categorical now.
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Although Father Alec Reid has apparently apologized for those remarks, of course I condemn what he said.
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I have been very careful to put forward new ideas - on tackling inequality, extending democratic reform and the green agenda, because I think these are all absolutely fundamental to a successful next period of office for Labour