According to today’s Daily Mail, the Foreign Secretary William Hague is being lined up to speak at the Liberal Democrats’ annual conference in Liverpool next month. The paper describes Hague’s participation as ‘a move designed to cement relations between the coalition partners’. The Foreign Secretary, widely seen as one of the best orators in the Commons, is
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 7th Aug 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Foreign Secretary William Hague tells the Conservative conference it was the right choice to go into coalition with the Liberal Democrats.
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BBCPolitics on 3rd Oct 2010 (via bbc.co.uk)
If the Daily Mail is to be believed [insert own punchline here] Conservative Party foreign secretary William Hague is to address this year’s Lib Dem conference, offering (apparently) “a ‘witty’ address, rather than focusing heavily on policy” – which seems right up Mr Haugue’s street. In eager anticipation of this event, we at Lib Dem
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 7th Aug 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Foreign Secretary William Hague apparently pledged on Thursday to alter Britain’s law on universal jurisdiction – a move which could again bring up the question of Liberal Democrat MPs voting against Government motions. According to an Israeli Embassy official, Hague told Benjamin Netanyahu that the coalition will be moving as fast as it can to
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 8th Nov 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Gordon Brown resigned last night, and new Prime Minister David Cameron has formed a Government in coalition with the Liberal Democrats, with Nick Clegg to be his Deputy Prime Minister. According to Politics Home, William Hague, expected to be made the new Foreign Secretary later today, said the Conservatives and Lib Dems had agreed that they would create a legal guarantee for a referendum over any...
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OpenEurope on 13th May 2010 (via openeurope.org.uk)
A 'central part' of any agreement between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats will be economic stability and reducing the deficit, William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, says
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FT on 9th May 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Gordon Brown will come under intense pressure from Tory and Liberal Democrat frontbenchers in parliament today to announce the timetable for a full-scale inquiry into the Iraq war. Both William Hague, shadow foreign secretary, and Edward Davey, the Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman, believe the decision by Britain to pull out its remaining troops by July means ministers have no excuse not to annou...
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Guardian on 18th Dec 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
William Hague will today announce a radical overhaul of Britain's foreign embassies as part of plans to convert the diplomatic network into engines for business, trade and exports, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
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Telegraph on 6th Oct 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
William Hague will hold talks in Washington today on his first overseas visit after being appointed Foreign Secretary in the new coalition government.
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TheIndependent on 14th May 2010 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
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. Hague tells the paper that ‘A point of difference in our manifesto was the aim to repatriate some powers. Clearly that’s something I’m in favour of, but th...
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Spectator on 10th Sep 2011 (via spectator.co.uk)
William Hague has revealed the full extent of the role he played in the historic negotiations which led to the formation of Britain's first coalition government for decades.
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Telegraph on 26th Jun 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)