William Hague

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Speaking as a Tory voter, you are wrong. It was John Smith.

It is Alan Johnson.

 

[wellquickwoody]

It is Alan Johnson.

He ain't bad, but no John Smith.

 

[16bha]

Would have been a great Prime minister, but was leader at the wrong time.

Baseball cap didn't help!

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

A lot of nasty, bitter comments with a hint of underlying envy of what he's achieved with his life.

 

[clippedgull]

It is Alan Johnson.

Shame he is shunning Labour MP's calls to challenge Ed for the leadership before the election.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Snigger

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

And the likes of you call Daily Mail readers embittered!

This.

Some of the comments on this thread are frankly, embarrassing....

 

[Ernest]

Snigger

You wouldn't get Mrs Merkel doing that

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

You wouldn't get Mrs Merkel doing that

Too true.

 

[Bozza]

A wonderful statesman of a quality that the looney left could only dream of having on their team.

 

[spring hall convert]

Nothing to do with him stifling investigations into allegations of "high profile figures" abusing children in Welsh care homes during his stint as Welsh minister?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ifled-1996-paedophile-report-says-victim.html

This will definitely be looked at by the forthcoming CSA enquiry.

 

[glasfryn]

Not in Richmond, it is the safest Conservative seat in the country.

I would not be so sure

 

[Leekbrookgull]

I could well be wrong,is he not standing down ?

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Just ckecked.http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/retirements/

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

Would have been a great Prime minister, but was leader at the wrong time.

Absolutely - unfortunately in 1997 most of the pro-Europeans lost their seats, and at the time it was only MPs who could vote on the leadership, and the remaining ones were obsessed with getting a Eurosceptic elected (the party membership were less Eurosceptic than MPs at the time, and most wanted Clarke). Then by 2001, most of the moderate members had gone, so we got IDS elected (I voted for Clarke, but wanted Portillo). Hague would have made a fine choice in 2005 - out of Cameron and Davis, Davis had far more ideas, but just couldn't get them across, making Cameron effectively the only choice.

Yes, Hague got it wrong over Syria, but so did Obama and much of the western world, and Hague is very well respected for his work against Female Genital Mutilation. I think the real reason he is going is that he and his wife have been quite badly affected by their failure to have a child, and understandably they want to spend more time together. Apparently he's going to write books - his biography of Pitt the Younger was excellent (perhaps Blackadder fans could persuade him to do a spoof one on Pitt the even Younger).

 

[Ernest]

Absolutely - unfortunately in 1997 most of the pro-Europeans lost their seats, and at the time it was only MPs who could vote on the leadership, and the remaining ones were obsessed with getting a Eurosceptic elected (the party membership were less Eurosceptic than MPs at the time, and most wanted Clarke). Then by 2001, most of the moderate members had gone, so we got IDS elected (I voted for Clarke, but wanted Portillo). Hague would have made a fine choice in 2005 - out of Cameron and Davis, Davis had far more ideas, but just couldn't get them across, making Cameron effectively the only choice.

Yes, Hague got it wrong over Syria, but so did Obama and much of the western world, and Hague is very well respected for his work against Female Genital Mutilation. I think the real reason he is going is that he and his wife have been quite badly affected by their failure to have a child, and understandably they want to spend more time together. Apparently he's going to write books - his biography of Pitt the Younger was excellent (perhaps Blackadder fans could persuade him to do a spoof one on Pitt the even Younger).

Perhaps he should try sleeping with her and <REDACTED>

 

[Don Quixote]

'Looney left' is such a ridiculous phrase.

 

[Bozza]

'Looney left' is such a ridiculous phrase.

****ing idiots doesn't get past the swear filter so it will have to do.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Perhaps he should try sleeping with her and <REDACTED>

That wasn't Hague was it? I thought it was another Tory MP.

 

[vegster]

That wasn't Hague was it? I thought it was another Tory MP.

It could be one of several Edna.