Alan Clark
Alan Clark
Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark PCwas a British Conservative Member of Parliament, historian and diarist. He served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Trade and Defence, and became a privy counsellor in 1991...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 April 1928
true-friend sharks blood
There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water.
senior party political
There's nothing so improves the mood of the Party as the imminent execution of a senior colleague.
expand looking russia
We are looking to expand in Russia but it will probably be through greenfield expansion.
work apology giving
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology.
inevitable-death political awful
In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers.
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The more you know about a species, the more you understand about how better to help protect them.