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
country views together
The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.
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.
country common-sense people
Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.
country president
Elected presidents are for countries.
country hands people
Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.
country burning exit
I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Six months after he called for a new approach in Europe, there is little sign of it.