Geoff Hoon
Geoff Hoon
Geoffrey William Hoonis a British politician who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Ashfield from 1992 to 2010. He is a former Defence Secretary, Transport Secretary, Leader of the House of Commons and Government Chief Whip...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 December 1953
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continue political understand work
It's important that we continue to work together... that we understand each other's political difficulties.
chancellor constantly men minister office opposition overlooked phone prime relationship remember single talking together treasury whip worked
I think that one of the things that is often overlooked about the relationship between the prime minister and the chancellor is that these two men worked together every single day when we were in opposition and I can remember being in Gordon's office a lot when I was Treasury whip and they would be constantly on the phone to each other talking all the time,
indians showing shows step
encouraging because it shows the Indians are showing a first step back from the brink.
aware country events far impact newspaper people september
I actually think people out in the country are far more aware of the impact of the events of September 11 than some of the people who write in the newspaper are,
enemies
not be deflected by the enemies of peace.
arsenal changed hidden light september
The world has changed even if he has not ... (and) that makes him more of a threat. It is in the light of September 11 that Saddam's hidden arsenal must be judged,
emphasize highly judgments military seek
Can I emphasize that these judgments are made by highly experienced, highly professional military officers, ... This is not something in which politicians would seek to interfere.
attempting bodies cause recovering
are recovering the bodies and attempting to ascertain the cause of the crash.
battalion battle black group relieve supporting uk unit watch
A UK armored battle group consisting of the 1st Battalion the Black Watch and supporting units will deploy ... to relieve a U.S. unit for other tasks.
discovered evidence fresh happened
This has happened in Kosovo. Fresh evidence is being discovered all the time.
forces group sort tasks
the right group of forces for the sort of tasks that may be necessary.
analysis continues obviously pictures straight
Obviously analysis continues but I can say straight away that those pictures were not live.
battle brings capability combat experience extensive fewer forces group iraq qualities requisite third troops
The armored battle group that will deploy brings important qualities of extensive training, experience and hard-edge combat capability. It is not the case, as is often implied, that there are 130,000 U.S. troops that could take on this task, ... In fact, fewer than a third of U.S. forces in Iraq have the requisite combat capability, and of those even fewer have the armored capability that is needed.
available crime home information key position previous provide reduction secretary seen
No previous home secretary was in the position to provide this information because no previous home secretary had the information available to him. We have seen a significant reduction in key crime statistics. That is an improvement. It is not sufficient. We want to see more progress.