Michael Howard
Michael Howard
Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne CH PC QCis a British politician who served as the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He had previously held cabinet positions in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Employment, Secretary of State for the Environment and Home Secretary...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 July 1941
close honest win
We didn't win - and let's be honest with each other: We didn't even come close to winning.
chancellor happy minister prime wonder
You are the deals-on-wheels Prime Minister - no wonder the Chancellor isn't a happy eater!
economy economy-and-economics gamble huge jobs putting
would be a huge gamble with people's jobs and mortgages, putting the whole economy at risk.
churchill margaret
What (Winston) Churchill did in wartime, Margaret Thatcher did in peacetime.
detention maximum period
We have consistently said that a 28-day period of detention is the maximum period that we would support.
government law history
People often of masterful intelligence, trained usually in law or economics or perhaps in political science, who have led their governments into disastrous decisions and miscalculations because they have no awareness whatever of the historical background, the cultural universe, of the foreign societies with which they have to deal.
writing past thinking
History is what we read, write and think about the past.
victory settling blair
Tony Blair is already secretly grinning at the prospect of his third victory. You don't have to settle for that.
trust politician dont-trust
We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.
elements common language
A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.
country expectations asylums
We cannot possibly take them all into this country [asylum seekers] - it is a completely unrealistic expectation.
party conservative conservative-party
I will never stand again for the leadership of the Conservative Party.
election opinion polls
There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.
hands bravery important
The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.