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Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.

John Major

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
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Rt. Hon. Sir John Major
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I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
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I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.
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I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.
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I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.
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A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.
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