Archive for william hague
Praise for William Hague’s green credentials
Writing of his experience as one of Chris Huhne’s Special Advisers, Duncan Brack has this to say about green ministers: There are certainly good green ministers in other departments [than DECC/DEFRA], such as Norman Baker in the Department for Transport, Andrew Stunell in CLG, and William Hague in FCO. As for David Cameron he says, [...]
Lib Dems hold Tories back on Europe
The Spectator reports: Hague says he’s been held back on Europe by the Lib Dems William Hague’s comments in an interview with The Times that the Liberal Democrats are restraining the Tories on Europe will increase the grumbling among Tory backbenchers about the power of the junior coalition partner. I’ll file that in the ‘good [...]
The weekend debate: Old versus young at work
Here’s your starter for ten in our weekend slot where we throw up an idea or thought for debate… During the week Foreign Secretary William Hague talked of having a network of diplomats who are past their retirement age of 60 but can be called on to help out at times of international crisis. However [...]
William Hague comes out in favour of Proportional Representation…
Foreign Secretary William Hague’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office has published a draft written constitution including the use of Proportional Representation in public elections. Oh, it’s a draft written constitution for the Turks and Caicos Islands. But I do look forward to William Hague’s next speech about electoral reform; perhaps he’ll be arguing that first past [...]
Back from the Brink: the extraordinary fall and rise of the Conservative Party
Peter Snowdon’s history of the Conservative Party in opposition, quickly updated last year to include the final stage in their recovery, has four white men on its cover striding towards the reader – Cameron, Osborne, Hague and Clegg. It tells you immediately the sort of book that Back from the Brink: The extraordinary fall and [...]
A Fresh Start that failed: William Hague
The first Conservative party political broadcast after William Hague’s election as party leader in late 1997 has all the right basic elements but, much like his leadership, didn’t quite work: Also available on YouTube here. (For my other posts on party political broadcasts, including move clips, see my Party Political Broadcasts page.)
The shadow of William Hague looms over Ed Miliband
Sometimes you know someone, know they are a good person and are completely shocked when allegations are made that they have broken the law. In such cases, it’s absolutely reasonable to hang on to your previous views of them until the outcome of the court case. But in other cases, them being found guilty or [...]
William Hague's got it half right and half wrong
I’ve not blogged about William Hague this week as others have already said what I think, expertly and eloquently. The dignity with which he’s handled his personal life is matched by my feeling of distaste about the way it’s been forced into the public’s eye. Where he’s not been so impressive is at handling the [...]
EU: the coalition wants reform
The piece from me appeared in Liberal Democrat News last week: Europe is one of the policy areas where the instincts of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties are furthest apart. It is also one that has torn apart past governments, most famously John Major’s administration. It was also at the heart of many of [...]
