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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It must be a sobering lesson for all parties that millions of people have been reluctant or have refused to participate in this election at all and there will be much to reflect on for the Conservative Party.
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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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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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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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Our relationship with the United States is central to our foreign policy and ought to be one of a deep and enduring partnership.
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squandered a huge Commons majority, the goodwill of the people of this country, and the best set of economic conditions any government has ever inherited.
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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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He wants to create a House of Cronies, beholden to him alone, ... constitutional vandalism.
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People know that you can't spend more than you have.
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The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped.
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The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business.