Robin Cook
Robin Cook
Robert Finlayson Cookwas a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Livingston from 1983 until his death, and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 May 1940
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The question Tony Blair should be reflecting on this weekend is ... whether now might be a better time to let a new leader in who could then achieve the unity we need if we are going to go forward,
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There is no question at any stage of Tony offering me his resignation nor at any stage of my thinking that he should be resigning,
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Tony did not try to argue me out of the view that Saddam did not have real weapons of mass destruction that were designed for strategic use against city populations and capable of being delivered with reliability over long distances,
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Tony made no attempt to pretend that what (then-chief U.N. weapons inspector) Hans Blix might report would make any difference to the countdown to invasion,
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Anyone on the streets knows we were not elected because Tony Blair was popular this time around,
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It is politically and diplomatically possible to negotiate withdrawal
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It is a visible demonstration to our commitment to completing the job,
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It is an historic step, and I am delighted that the U.K. played a leading role in its achievement.
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Last night, (Yugoslav) President (Slobodan) Milosevic made what he called a peace offer. He said he was starting to withdraw his troops from Kosovo,
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We are trying to find a peaceful solution to the crisis, ... We do not want to use force. But we will not let Saddam Hussein continue to obstruct the U.N. inspection teams.
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Over time, more and more of them will be coerced to stay static to save fuel, ... If they come out of hiding, they will be hit.
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rising indignation against the people who had ordered these atrocities.
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I think it would probably be fair to say that there was a selection of evidence to support the conclusion rather than a conclusion that arose from a full consideration of the evidence,
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I think it would be doubly tragic if it does emerge this accident was, in part, caused by the persistent hounding of the princess and her privacy by photographers,