People have to ask what all the fuss was about. So said William Hague this morning when for the first time in 10 years he chose to answer fully rather than avoid questions about the friend, ally and multi million pound Tory donor who he put in the House of Lords. Mr Hague insisted that Cabinet documents leaked to the BBC which outline the negotiations that led to that peerage proved that there was...
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NickRobinson on 18th Mar 2010 (via bbc.co.uk)
LDV reported earlier this morning on the BBC story that leaked Cabinet Office documents suggest Tory shdaow foreign secretary William Hague was aware of, and approved, the terms of the deal under which Lord Ashcroft gained his place in the upper house. In an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme this morning, Mr Hague was
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 18th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
The BBC has received a leaked Cabinet Office document suggesting William Hague was aware of, and approved, the terms of the deal under which Lord Ashcroft gained his place in the upper house. Here’s what the BBC is reporting today: Former Conservative leader William Hague was kept informed about the negotiations of Lord Ashcroft’s tax status, leaked
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 18th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Yesterday Labour MP Denis MacShane sent an email to various hacks attacking Conservative MP William Hague and accused him of "laying down a smokescreen" over Tory allies in Europe. He followed up with ten questions for William Hague and the Conservative Party over Europe. Having seen a copy of the email, we publish it here in full.
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LiberalConspiracy on 2nd Nov 2009 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
William Hague has warmly endorsed the return to the shadow cabinet of Kenneth Clarke in comments which are likely to reassure the Eurosceptic Tory right.
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Telegraph on 25th Jan 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
William Hague has defended members of the Tory shadow cabinet with lucrative second jobs insisting that earning money in the City or from afterdinner speaking makes them better politicians.
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Telegraph on 29th Dec 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
OK, I'm quoting a Tory, but Hague is quite funny here highlighting both the amount of unelected members of the Cabinet and the increasing titles and power of Mandy. Check out the first three minutes: There are real issues here about accountability and democracy . Of course I don't see the Tories anytime soon calling for the abolition of the House of Lords and the Monarchy and its all in ...
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stroppyblog on 11th Jun 2009 (via stroppyblog.blogspot.com)
This morning's Sun carries a report that David Cameron has "sensationally anointed William Hague deputy Conservative leader". Interviewed by the paper, the Tory leader is quoted as saying:“William is effectively my deputy in all but name and people need to...
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ConservativeHome on 14th Jan 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
Foreign Secretary William Hague talks to the BBC's Nick Bryant about the developments of a new unity cabinet in Tunisia after a month of protests
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BBCPolitics on 18th Jan 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Shadow foreign secretary William Hague was the Tory guest on the Andrew Marr Show this morning and the lead topic of discussion was the wildcat strikes going on in protest at workers from elsewhere in the European Union being brought...
William Hague has been swift to respond to this afternoon's decision by an Information Tribunal that minutes of two Cabinet meetings in 2003 at which the invasion of Iraq was discussed must be released. The shadow foreign secretary said:“Rather than...
