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
believe party law
When we said that no more areas of power should go to the EU we were right. And now thanks to the European Union Act 2011, by law that cannot happen without a referendum. And we are just as right that the EU has more power in our national life than it should, and I believe as strongly as I ever have that when the right moment comes this party should set out to reduce it.
believe party thinking
I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons.
believe hypocrite home
When we have a Deputy Prime Minister who tells people not to drive cars but has two Jags himself, and where the Minister who tells people not to have two homes turns out to have nine himself no wonder the public believe politicians are hypocrites.
believe commitment growth
I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.
general government intend next
We will not be threatened. We intend to be in government after the next general election, so this won't really matter.
bag disaster fallen major
It would have been a major disaster if the bag had fallen open.
course deal european poor seldom
Seldom in the course of European negotiations has so much been surrendered for so little. This is a poor deal for Britain.
economic enormous further given leadership point weight
That was an encouraging sign. But we want them to go further down the road, and point out how important it is to have American leadership given their economic weight in the world. That would make an enormous difference.
associate britain coming crisis fastest great last ourselves shrinking
We think a great crisis is coming for Europe. The last thing Britain should do is associate ourselves with the fastest shrinking part of the world economy.
rush whether
I don't know whether I will ever go back on to the front, but don't rush me.
election party point putting
I wouldn't have an election at this point to date. That would be putting party before country.
approach months sign six
Six months after he called for a new approach in Europe, there is little sign of it.
ability choice european excuse giving run union
There is a choice. There is no excuse for giving up on Britain. We are surrendering to the European Union our ability to run our own affairs.
good rebuilding stage
It's tremendous. We're in good heart, and it is a very important stage in the rebuilding of our party.