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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In respect to Iraq, Saddam is defying every one of us, ... He questions our resolve and is gambling we will lose nerve rather than enforce our will.
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If Saddam Hussein doesn't accept the peaceful path to the disarmament of his weapons of mass destruction set out by the U.N. resolution, then there will have to be military action taken in order to enforce the will of the U.N.,
It has been distressing for the Wises and their family,
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It is not on the agenda, I happen to think that it is inconceivable.
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Kofi Annan has already been instrumental in pushing forward that debate in the United Nations. I firmly support his efforts. A successful United Nations Summit next week presents the international community with a real opportunity to secure the necessary change.
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I say this on behalf of the EU3 (Britain, France and Germany): We do not wish to see Iran referred to the Security Council.
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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 can't be sure there will be free and fair elections,
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We've made a historic decision tonight on behalf of Croatia,
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Robin and I had been good friends for nearly 30 years and that friendship survived our policy disagreements over Iraq, ... He was the greatest parliamentarian of his generation and a very fine foreign secretary. I deeply mourn his loss.
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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.
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I think if you compare nation-building in other situations: after the war in Europe, building up stable nations from the collapse of the Soviet Union, look at Afghanistan; I think that is a reasonable prospect.
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I'm in absolutely no doubt that the benefits will follow from this enlargement and bring a strong secular state which happens to have a Muslim majority into the European Union,
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I think it is completely unacceptable for someone like Christopher Meyer to break trust in the way that he has done,