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Labour have been listening for too long to the so-called experts who think that competition is a dirty word and that communicating facts to our children is elitist.

William Hague

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William Hague
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 26
Biographer
British Politician
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Politician
William Jefferson Hague
Baron Hague of Richmond
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