Clare Short
Clare Short
Clare Shortis a British politician, and a member of the Labour Party. She was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood from 1983 to 2010; for most of this period she was a Labour Party MP, but she resigned the party whip in 2006 and served the remainder of her term as an Independent. She stood down as a member of parliament at the 2010 general election. Short was Secretary of State for International Development in the government of Prime...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 February 1946
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Yes but the tragedy is Iraq is a disastrous mess; 10,000 Iraqis have died, American troops are dying, some of our troops have died.
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Where Tony Blair is, is propping up Bush in the continuation of oppression and injustice in the Middle East that is feeding the anger of the world.
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It's very ugly. We're spending a lot more, we're getting rich people to fund it, and it is corroding our political system.
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I will not uphold a breach of international law or this undermining of the U.N. and will resign from the government.
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There are thousands and thousands of people on the other side of the border, not being fed, babies are being born, people are becoming sick,
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We remain concerned that refugees in Macedonia are being forced onto planes and buses. This is unacceptable. We understand Macedonian concerns and will provide support to Macedonia, provided it complies with international rights and norms in its treatment of refugees.
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For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current intensification of global economic integration has demonstrated that there is enough knowledge, technology and capital to bring development to all the people of the world.
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We have reports of systematic and organized use of rape,