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In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time.

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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