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
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How long do Syrian families have to live in fear that their children will be killed or tortured, before the Security Council will act? How many people need to die before the consciences of world capitals are stirred?
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To the hard-working people who set a little bit aside each month, to provide for their children, or to fund their own retirement, I say: you should be rewarded not punished.
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To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms.
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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.
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A generation of children has been betrayed.
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Initial negotiations have been positive. It will be a matter of months rather than a year.
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No individual is more important than the party
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We will not be threatened. We intend to be in government after the next general election, so this won't really matter.
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It would have been a major disaster if the bag had fallen open.
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Seldom in the course of European negotiations has so much been surrendered for so little. This is a poor deal for Britain.
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I don't know whether I will ever go back on to the front, but don't rush me.
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I wouldn't have an election at this point to date. That would be putting party before country.
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Six months after he called for a new approach in Europe, there is little sign of it.
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The most expensive haircut I ever had cost ?10.