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
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The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country.
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The British government and the prime minister personally must use every ounce of influence they have in Washington to try to prevent that from happening,
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They suddenly thought they had someone with the X-factor.
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I shan't lose my paunch. I like my relaxed lifestyle. I like food. Because of my relaxed lifestyle I haven't suffered from the stress my colleagues do. I seem able to outlast them all!
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The disastrous decision to invade Iraq has made Britain a more dangerous place,
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I have never read it. You should not waste your time.
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The Conservative Party have got to ask themselves, 'How do we persuade people who at the moment are voting Labour and Liberal Democrat to vote Conservative
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Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance.
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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.