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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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.
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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.
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You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.
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It makes life very simple actually. You could be giving a TV interview in howling gale and it no longer matters.
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The people of Britain want a Home Secretary who will give them back their streets. They want a Home Secretary who will speak up for the victim, not the criminal.
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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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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.
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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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It's tremendous. We're in good heart, and it is a very important stage in the rebuilding of our party.