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
attacks evidence horrified police severity shown
I was horrified at the evidence I have been shown of the severity of the attacks on police officers,
belfast life prospect today
There was no prospect at all of the completely different life that I now see around me just today in Belfast
prefer
I would prefer that it wasn't there. I would prefer it was closed, yes.
bound early
It's bound to be bumpy in the early stages.
across bear blocking britain careful full muslim note responsibility sure
They bear full responsibility for blocking it and I am sure the Muslim communities right across Britain will take very careful note of that.
including ira limited lots promises scale smaller
There have been lots of promises by the IRA in the past, including (weapons) decommissioning events, but on a much smaller and more limited scale than this one ... This is different.
appeared encouraged government land problem situation
The problem is that once the government and he (Mugabe) encouraged the land invasions and did not do anything about the violence, but appeared to condone it, the situation escalated,
troops movement vices
I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement.
party fighting government
We now have a political process, we've had a period of parties that have been fighting each other quite literally with bombs and bullets, talking to each other, and having sat together in the assembly and sharing government with each other.
islands support nuclear
There will be no support in the island of Ireland for building a nuclear power station.
party organization people
Taxpayers will not stand for - nor should they - the funding of poster sites, leaflets or advertising. What people will support is funding for political education, for training, for party organization.
taken long looks
I'm going to be looking forward, asked to be judged on my record, not taken back as has been the - in a sense, the tendency throughout politics in Northern Ireland, is to always look back, always look at what was said a long time ago, instead of looking forward.
zimbabwe people support
I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.
successful thinking ideas
I have been very careful to put forward new ideas - on tackling inequality, extending democratic reform and the green agenda, because I think these are all absolutely fundamental to a successful next period of office for Labour