William Hague
William Hague
William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, PC, FRSLis a British Conservative politician and life peer. He represented Richmond, Yorkshire as Member of Parliamentfrom 1989 to 2015. He also served as Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015, as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 to 2014, and as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 March 1961
vote prisoner
I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote.
track compromise palestinian
It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.
people way done
People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.
party people campaigns
Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.
Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!
country strong giving
It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.
voters election policy
It is not my policy to hit voters during the election.
stress important guarantees
You have to have as many defences in place as you possibly can. But even then of course - and it's important to stress this - you cannot guarantee being able to prevent every attack or every kind of attack.
children dirty thinking
Labour have been listening for too long to the so-called experts who think that competition is a dirty word and that communicating facts to our children is elitist.
writing piano things-i-love
I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.
government forever use
Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.
views arguing indecisive
In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time.
mogadishu somalia britain
Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.
long people darkness
We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.