Shirley Williams
Shirley Williams
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, PCis a British politician and academic who represents the Liberal Democrats. Originally a Labour Member of Parliamentand Cabinet Minister, she was one of the "Gang of Four" rebels who founded the Social Democratic Partyin 1981...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 July 1930
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close coming family feels lost
It feels like you've lost someone in your family real close to you, and they're never coming back.
cement problem reports severe
.The reports indicated that the problem is so severe that there had to be demolition of construction in some instances where the cement was used.
across assessment boils children improving meant mind pass standards terrifying
I think it is really terrifying that we are narrowing down to a mechanistic assessment of children by how many pass exams... if standards meant improving right across the board, character, originality, interests, then I wouldn't mind so much. But it doesn't. It always boils down to the same thing, how will we pass exams.
files full possibly public
It is our goal to provide full public access to as many files as we possibly can.
high junior students transfer
The ones that we could not transfer students from was junior high and high schools,
days education everybody forever narrow pushing saying takes
I was pushing the baccalaureate back in the days when I was education secretary. It always takes everybody forever in education. We were saying that A-levels were too narrow back then as well.
entire hardest
This has been the hardest thing I've ever had to do my entire life.
greater hazards
There are hazards in anything one does but there are greater hazards in doing nothing.
cannot diplomatic government greatest influence learns lessons move since until weak
The Government cannot move on until it admits to this 'the greatest diplomatic blunder since Suez' and learns lessons from it. One of those lessons is how weak Britain's influence has been over the American administration.
cannot control electricity fuel government jamaica oil owned prices privately public response service
The government's response that it cannot control electricity and fuel prices as the Jamaica Public Service is privately owned and that the government has no control over oil prices is as irresponsible as it is delinquent.
education running
We really shouldn't be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.
family happy people
We just take everything one day at a time. We're happy to have them here. A lot of people don't have any family or friends at all.
doing-nothing doe hazards
There are hazards in everything one does, but there are greater hazards in doing nothing.
running compare supermarkets
We really shouldnt be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.