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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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.
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.
nuclear development weapons
We assess that there is no significant threat to the UK from nuclear weapons at present, but developments continue to be monitored closely. We remain committed to limiting the proliferation of nuclear weapons through our international treaty obligations, and national programmes.
tape analysis hussein
We are well aware that he spent many hours recently tape recording various messages... we need to do a little more analysis of what was actually said to see if that indeed was in fact Saddam Hussein,
condemned massive responsibility scale taking
We could be condemned on a massive scale for taking an abdication of responsibility,
although claim fairly stop winter
With winter on the horizon, they could fairly claim to have done enough, although we don't want to stop them at all,
cold holding measured numbers people platforms preparing soviet war
We measured numbers of people and platforms in the Cold War because we were preparing for an essentially attritional campaign, holding back Soviet forces,
aircraft aware position reports shot until
We are aware of reports that the aircraft may have been shot down, but we are not in a position to come to any conclusions until the investigation is complete,
across concern control emphasized exchange full government great importance including issues kingdom line matter relevant remains strongly united
We had a very full exchange about relevant issues including the importance ... of controlling infiltration across the line of control that remains a matter of great concern to the United Kingdom and something we strongly emphasized to the government of Pakistan,