Jack Straw Quotes
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As soon as I leave this briefing ... I am going to find the people I think are responsible and encourage them to deal with it and to offer them some career advice.
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waiting for a police assessment of the video, which of course I have seen.
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The English are potentially very aggressive, very violent.
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What we need is action. The problem for the European Union is that we can only go at the pace of the slowest. Therefore, there is a special responsibility on the countries which have failed so far implementing measures to get moving.
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And I think we need therefore to judge the contents of what is in any event an interim report, against the reasons why we took military action back in March.
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The people who will finally decide will not be the British Government or the Spanish Government, but the people of Gibraltar in a referendum, ... That was a solemn undertaking given in 1969 to the people of Gibraltar. We absolutely stand by it.
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The situation is very serious, there has been a clear abuse of human rights, a lack of democracy and a lack of openness.
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I cannot say whether in the middle of December we will or will not reach a deal, but it certainly will not be for want of trying.
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What we can be sure of, however, is that if the elections are not free and fair then Zimbabwe will be in the clearest and most flagrant breach of declarations to which they have signed up.
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a disgusting assault on the very principle of European democracy.
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Because we want international consensus...we will be allowing a good period of up to two weeks, maybe a little more, before we ask for a decision.
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The truth is, as (U.S. Secretary of State) Condoleezza Rice has made clear, military action in respect of the Iranian dossier is not on anybody's agenda. I believe it is inconceivable.
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We had a very thorough exchange of the different positions of the EU-3 and the new government of Iran.
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That frankly was not in people's minds because there is a world market in oil.
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Iran has the opportunity now to address the clear concerns of the IAEA, and the lack of confidence in Iran's nuclear intentions.
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There will have to be some way to ensure accountability for what has already been found here.
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Life would be very boring if friends always agreed.
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Whether or not technically they have rights under the Geneva Conventions, they have rights in customary international law, and all of us who are either involved as their representatives as their governments or those holding them have obligations.
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The proposals from the presidency are not acceptable to us.
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In uncertain times you should not just give a knee-jerk response.
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those misgivings were surely put to rest by the lengthy statement we have just heard.
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Provided we have the right framework, a certain amount of money will come from the UK and we'll encourage others to contribute,
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I say this on behalf of the EU3 (Britain, France and Germany): We do not wish to see Iran referred to the Security Council.
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This is a negotiation. Our aim was to listen.