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Menzies Campbell Biography

British Politician

Menzies Campbell is a notable British politician, born on May 22, 1941. He has had a distinguished career in politics, serving as a Member of Parliament and holding several ministerial positions.

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Book:Menzies Campbell: My Autobiography

Source: Menzies Campbell: My Autobiography

“My priorities? The environment, the environment, the environment.”

Environment Priorities

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“Under my leadership the Liberal Democrats would not be making polite interjections from the sidelines, we would be hammering on the doors of power.”

Would Be Doors Democrat Polite Sidelines

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“Overall his period in office can only be characterised as a decade of missed opportunities in which the hopes of the British people for a new kind of politics were shattered [on Tony Blair]”

People Kind Opportunity Periods Office British Decades Shattered Blair Missed Opportunity

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“In the target seats we have been going like a bomb and there is a great deal of confidence. I think there's going to be a great deal of regional variation throughout the UK.”

Thinking Has Beens Deals Seats Bombs Target Variation

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“The cause of the attack was not American foreign policy but an amoral disregard for human life.It is grotesque to suggest that a four-year-old girl, making her first and only flight in an aeroplane, should somehow bear responsibility for the actions of a government for whom she was never allowed the chance to grow up and vote either for or against.”

“We should be working towards a carbon-neutral Britain by 2050. We should be working towards the elimination of petrol-driven motor cars, we should be really radical in what we do - the urgency of the problem is really enormous”

Should Problem Car Driven Enormous Radical Britain Carbon Motor Urgency Elimination Petrol Motor Cars

Author:Menzies Campbell

About the Author

Born: May 22, 1941
Known for: British Politician
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