William Hague
William Hague
William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, PC, FRSLis a British Conservative politician and life peer. He represented Richmond, Yorkshire as Member of Parliamentfrom 1989 to 2015. He also served as Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015, as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 to 2014, and as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 March 1961
William Hague quotes about
country views together
The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.
strong shadow cabinets
As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.
world opponents conflict
Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.
law guilty headlines
Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?
idealism-and-realism foreign-policy realism
I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.
matter somalia security
For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.
stress people important
You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.
country president
Elected presidents are for countries.
trying world arguing
I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.
wise military thinking
I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.
party people campaigns
Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.
track compromise palestinian
It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.
vote prisoner
I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote.
wings government nasty
I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.