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...danger of destroying his legacy as he becomes increasingly obsessed by his place in history." Clare Short, former British Cabinet minister, on Prime Minister Tony Blair, in her resignation speech before Parliament
...know a new European treaty is being considered; when informed, 84% want to vote on it. Blair won't permit a referendum; it's the last thing he needs. But opponents think the refusal leaves him vulnerable to charges of arrogance - which not only Tories are making. Clare Short, his longtime International Development Minister, quit the Cabinet last week to protest the U.N.'s marginal role in Iraq, but blasted Blair for issuing "diktats in favor of increasingly badly thought-through policy initiatives." To British voters, arrogance and Brus-sels are intertwined - yet another trap for Blair. And even...
...editor-in-chief of the Middle East Economic Digest told CNN, “There’s an almighty political scrap going on at the moment. Ignoring the fact that the United Nations is trying to muscle in on post-war control, U.K. International Development Secretary Clare Short has questioned the legality of the U.S. to rebuild Iraq.” The Bush administration does not want to see any other finger in the pot of the rebuilding process, not even a British one or that...
...rows up sat Clare Sig, the comparatively diminutive mother of seven-foot center Brian Sigafoos. She had also flown across the country—in her case, from San Diego—to watch the culmination of her son’s long climb...
...government scheme, lasts for 28 weeks - is then reclassified from being "in employment" to receiving Incapacity Benefit. That benefit costs the U.K. government some €3.6 billion a year more than unemployment benefit. And the longer you're on Incapacity Benefit, the higher the payout becomes. Says Clare Hinkley, policy adviser to the Human Resources Directorate at the Confederation of British Industry: "There is some suspicion ... that this acts as an incentive for people to go onto Incapacity Benefit and not get off." Just as some businesses benefit from creating false sick workers, so, too, do some European governments...