William Hague
Cabinet Member and Politician
Tories stung by French taunt of Europe 'autism'...minister for Europe. William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, went on the attack after Pierre Lellouche said that David Cameron had "castrated" British influence in Europe by promising to try to claw back powers. Mr Lellouche described... In this article: Europe, Tories, Autism, William Hague, David Cameron, Britain, Treaty of Lisbon, The Guardian, and Nicolas Sarkozy |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Politics | November 04, 2009
French Europe minister Pierre Lellouche labels David Cameron's EU plans 'autistic'
...a very bizarre sense of autism," he said. "I have told William Hague: go away for two to three years, in your political economic situation you're going to be all by your self and you'll come back. Go ahead and do it. That is my message to...
In this article: David Cameron, European Union, Britain, Europe, Nicolas Sarkozy, The Guardian, and Tories
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Daily Mail | November 05, 2009
Cameron faces EU backlash as two Tory MEPs quit and French minister accuses him of 'castrating' Britain's position in Europe
...repeat one line,' he said. 'It is a very bizarre sense of autism.' Mr Hague insisted that Mr Lellouche's comments did not represent how the Tories are seen across Europe. 'I don't think you will find that's representative of the reaction...
In this article: David Cameron, European Union, Europe, Conservative Party, Britain, David Davis, Roger Helmer, and Nicolas Sarkozy
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BBC News | November 08, 2009
Tasting freedom
...had "castrated" their influence in Europe. As regards the negotiating style of William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, he said: "They have one line and they just repeat the line. It is a very bizarre sense of autism". He denounced...
In this article: Berlin, JavaScript, Europe, East Berlin, German Democratic Republic, The Guardian, and Tories
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Guardian | November 05, 2009
French minister calls for detente with Tories
...and they just repeat one line," he said. "It is a very bizarre sense of autism." Hague angrily dismissed Lellouche when he appeared on television yesterday. "We won't be put off by one emotional outburst from one minister," he said as he...
In this article: Tories, David Cameron, Europe, EU, Autism, Labour, and Paris
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Pierre Lellouche's views on the Tories and the EU were not lost in translation Nicholas Watt
...can still be difficult in the 21st century. 6 Nov 2009, 4:04PM Perhaps ,the French minister should of used that analogy to frame Hague-instead of using Autism . 6 Nov 2009, 4:07PM Lellouche seems to have graduated from the same...
In this article: EU, Conservative Party, Autism, Europe, The Guardian, David Cameron, and Britain
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William Jefferson Hague (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks), Shadow Foreign Secretary and Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet (unofficial deputy to party leader David Cameron). He previously served as leader of the Conservative Party between 1997 and 2001.
First elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1989, Hague rose through the ranks of John Major's government and entered the Cabinet in 1995 as the Secretary of State for Wales. Following the Conservatives' defeat in the 1997 general election, he was elected as leader of the Conservative Party. He resigned as party leader after the 2001 general election following a landslide defeat to the Labour Party. He was the first leader of the Conservatives not to have become Prime Minister since Austen Chamberlain in the early 1920s.
On the backbenches Hague began a career as an author, writing biographies of William Pitt the Younger and William Wilberforce. He also held several directorships, and worked as a consultant and public speaker; the combined annual income of these activities was estimated to be around £1 million, one of the highest in Parliament.
After David Cameron was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 2005, Hague returned to front line politics as Shadow Foreign Secretary.
- Birth Date:
- March 26, 1961
- Birthplace:
- Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Nationality:
- British
- Spouse:
- Ffion Jenkins
- University Attended:
- Magdalen College, Oxford
- Occupation:
- Management consultant
- Political party:
- Conservative
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