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Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.

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William Hague
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 26
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British Politician
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William Jefferson Hague
Baron Hague of Richmond
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For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.
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I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.
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We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.
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