“People work hard and save hard to own a car. They do not want to be told that they cannot drive it by a Deputy Prime Minister whose idea of a park and ride scheme is to park one Jaguar and drive away in another.” PeopleWantIdeasHardCarHard WorkMinistersParksPrimeSchemesPrime MinisterDeputiesJaguars Author:William Hague
“I thank the Prime Minister for his remarks about me. Debating with him at the Dispatch Box has been exciting, fascinating, fun, an enormous challenge and, from my point of view, wholly unproductive in every sense. I am told that in my time at the Dispatch Box I have asked the Prime Minister 1,118 direct questions, but no one has counted the direct answers-it may not take long.” MayLongHas BeensFunChallengesAnswersViewsDirectExcitingBoxesPoint Of ViewEnormousMinistersMy TimeFascinatingPrimePrime MinisterRemarksUnproductive Author:William Hague
“When we have a Deputy Prime Minister who tells people not to drive cars but has two Jags himself, and where the Minister who tells people not to have two homes turns out to have nine himself - no wonder the public believe politicians are hypocrites.” PeopleBelieveTwoHomeTurnsWonderCarPoliticianNineMinistersPrimePrime MinisterHypocriteDeputiesTwo Homes Author:William Hague
“I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a European Parliament with 100 fewer members, halve the number of political advisers, and abolish a huge swathe of Labour's regional bureaucracies - and agencies and their offices in Brussels.” PoliticalHouseNumbersCuttingHugeMembersOfficeSizeCampaignsMinistersAgencyLabourFewerBureaucracyParliamentCabinetsAbolishAdviserBrusselsHouse Of Commons Author:William Hague
“When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics.” MenFacesLyingWonderMinistersPrimeConventionsCynicalPrime MinisterCabinetsOffenceTelling LiesConstitutional Convention Author:William Hague
