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
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We are awaiting the police assessment of the video,
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We heard overnight that there was one confirmed death of a British citizen.
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The situation is very serious, there has been a clear abuse of human rights, a lack of democracy and a lack of openness,
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They are not, and almost everybody accepts this, entitled to engage in seeking to disrupt the way our democracy operates by violence or threats of violence.
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a disgusting assault on the very principle of European democracy.
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Anchor Turkey in the West and we gain a beacon of democracy and modernity - a country with a Muslim majority - which will be a shining example across the whole of its neighboring region,
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This is of fundamental importance in ensuring that Gaza does not in the future stay as a prison, it opens up economic and social relations,
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This is yet another example of terrorists' cynical and callous disregard for human life,
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The British government's position is that prisoners -- regardless of their technical status -- should be treated humanely and in accordance with customary international law, ... We have always made that clear and the Americans have said they share this view.
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(It's) very shocking, with what seems to be a large loss of life. Our hearts and our prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones.
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I look forward to the full cooperation of Syria in form as well as substance, ... but I have to say after what I've heard I'm not holding my breath.
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It will spell out that we are approaching the end of the final opportunity that Saddam Hussein was given to completely disarm in substance as well as process.
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It is a further illustration of the evil that we are dealing with,
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Rigid pan-European working limits on hours will not deliver health and safety for our work force, particularly where the rules are unevenly applied.