Peter Hain
Peter Hain
Peter Gerald Hain, Baron Hain, PCis a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliamentfor Neath between 1991 and 2015, and served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was the Leader of the House of Commons from 2003 to 2005 and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2005 to 2007 under Blair, and as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales from 2007 to 2008 under...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 February 1950
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There was no prospect at all of the completely different life that I now see around me just today in Belfast
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I would prefer that it wasn't there. I would prefer it was closed, yes.
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It's bound to be bumpy in the early stages.
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if we are to create a strong and prosperous Northern Ireland.
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The January report is going to be an absolutely critical benchmark of where we are.
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They bear full responsibility for blocking it and I am sure the Muslim communities right across Britain will take very careful note of that.
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And until we got the Good Friday Agreement, which opened up a whole new world for Northern Ireland, and indeed elsewhere, that has changed everything.
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The evidence I have seen is absolutely clear-cut. If it wasn't clear-cut before, it's absolutely categorical now.
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These are two independent bodies who will call it as it is. They will tell us what is for real,
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Kent is a different situation. I think it is fair to ask the question about Northern Ireland and Kent, but everyone would agree that Northern Ireland is uniquely different.
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Even though I was a (Chelsea) fan, a fanatic, you actually wanted to see him do it -- you clapped him as he destroyed your team.
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What I've done in this decision overnight is to send an absolutely crystal clear signal to everybody that we will not tolerate violence.
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It's been fascinating watching all those pictures of me with a lot more hair Jeremy, and looking very young. And we've all got things we've said, twenty, thirty years ago, indeed the whole world has changed since then.
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We have good reason to suspect that Iraq is still hiding chemical, biological and weapons of mass destruction in a range of locations.