Jack Straw
Jack Straw
John Whitaker Strawis an English politician who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Blackburn from 1979 to 2015. Straw served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. From 2007 to 2010 he served as Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice throughout Brown's...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 August 1946
bargaining iraq lives risk situation terrorists
We can't get into a situation of bargaining with terrorists because this would put many more people's lives at risk, not only in Iraq but around the world,
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We continue to argue with our European colleagues about the importance of fairness when it comes to compensation and transitional regimes for sugar and for bananas and for other commodities . . . .
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We can't be sure there will be free and fair elections,
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We have spoken to the Italian administration at the highest level and they have agreed that these allegations will be fully investigated as part of the wider investigation into police malpractice by the Genoa Public Prosecutor,
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We hope British citizens will follow it, but we have no way of obliging British citizens to do so,
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We put forth proposals. They are still on the table, ... They have yet properly to be considered by the other side.
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We heard overnight that there was one confirmed death of a British citizen.
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The proposals from the presidency are not acceptable to us,
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This spirit of cooperation will, I hope, lead to many more measures that will benefit all in the region.
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those misgivings were surely put to rest by the lengthy statement we have just heard.
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you cannot leave a report like this on the table.
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to discuss wording and take on board constructive suggestions as to how the process set out in the draft resolution could be improved, and that is exactly what we are doing.
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Yes, things have been difficult -- but don't let anybody tell you it's been all bad.
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yet another example of terrorists' cynical and callous disregard for human life. On behalf of the British government, I would like to offer the people of India my support and deepest sympathy.