Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Harry Clarke CH QC, often known as Ken Clarke, is a British Conservative politician who has represented Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire as a Member of Parliament since 1970...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 July 1940
nuts culture proportion
I am certainly not a blogger. Quite a large proportion of them are nuts and extremists - with the honourable exception of the culture secretary.
business abiding difficult
I have acquired a deep and abiding respect for all those engaged in the difficult business of commerce.
home thinking wings
In these home affairs things I think occasionally it's the duty of politicians on both sides to turn round to the tabloids and right-wing newspapers and say 'you have your facts wrong and you're whipping up facts which are inaccurate
europe agendas addresses
A balanced tone on Europe will free us to address in depth the domestic economic and social agenda which we neglected throughout the last Parliament.
trying politics influence
I have certainly not got re-elected to retire, and I shall certainly start trying to push my influence in politics as far as I possibly can
nursing ministers prime
Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance.
country differences cost
Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries.
sorry party years
I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change.
hunting law house
With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of 9:1 could be in favour of a ban in my constituency, but I would not regard that as conclusive, and I hope that we never would. If we start having opinion polls about all the unpleasant and distasteful habits and customs of some members of society, and suggesting that their findings should be made part of the criminal law, foxhunting would come way down the list, and quite a lot of strange enactments would have to go through the House.
growing lawful tobacco
understandable exasperation growing on the part of the tobacco industry, which is manufacturing a lawful product...
attorney deeply despite longer opinion press
We now no longer know what the Attorney General's opinion is, despite the press speculation there has been that he is deeply disturbed.
blair government politics standing
The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country.
believes bombs connection left london minister policy prime recent thinks
If the prime minister really believes it, he must be the only person left who thinks that the recent bombs in London had no connection at all with his policy in Iraq.
My sense is that the majority of Conservatives share my reservations about how we got into Iraq.