Who is William Hague

William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, (born 26 March 1961) is a British Conservative Party politician and life peer who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) in North Yorkshire from 1989 to 2015. He served in the Cameron government as First Secretary of State from 2010 to 2015, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 to 2014, and Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015.

Hague was educated at Wath Comprehensive School, the University of Oxford and INSEAD, subsequently being returned to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1989. Hague quickly rose through the ranks of the government of John Major and was appointed to Cabin...
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William Hague Quotes

• 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.
• The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business.
• I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.
• I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
• We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

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Comments about William Hague

• Kennyfarq: icymi, here's my column in today's times about almost half of the snp voting for a candidate who william hague reckons would be too rightwing to lead the modern conservative party.
• Udapartyke: 3. president william samoei ruto joined him in 2007 and ended up in the hague. 4. kalonzo musyoka: from the day he started following him around, he became a clown. he was reduced into holding paybill numbers and sitting on the tarmacked road during demonstrations.
• Waza_news: president william ruto has urged raila odinga, the leader of the azimio la umoja one kenya coalition, to cancel the scheduled demonstrations for monday and instead back him
• Thestarkenya: former murang’a governor mwangi wa iria has urged president william ruto to quell the disagreements between the opposition and the government before they degenerate into more chaos.
• Timesscotland: the new leader’s huge challenges are a golden opportunity for tories and labour to show concretely how uk benefits scotland ¦ ✍️ william hague

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