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It is an immense honour to be appointed Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and I am deeply grateful to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's tragic. We should never have agreed a Brexit general election, by the way, it was crazy to mix the two issues up, we should have had a decision by the British people on Brexit, self-standing as a decision, but we didn't.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
If you're deciding you want to make your own rules, and you still want access to the European markets, that's a tricky negotiation and I don't see any way that that can be concluded by the end of next year, if Boris Johnson's serious and Boris Johnson says,' right, we're going to legislate that we're out no matter what in 2020,' Boris Johnson's going to find that very difficult unless Boris Johnson's prepared to make a lot of concessions to Europe.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We thought, not that we had got rid of (racism in soccer), but we thought it had become completely beyond the pale for people to engage in it, and yet now its back. So I think thats something to watch.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
If the sporting event provided it is done in a good way and in a way that is respectful of differences and harmonious and well put together usually having these events helps engage a country, even one with a difficult say, human rights record, with the outside world.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I always, whenever I am in a country and theyve got the opportunity or possibility of hosting a sporting event, I say, Go for it, because whatever the challenges of putting it on, youll reach a different group of people. ... Diplomacy and politics and geostrategy and all of that stuff is for a limited number of people, whereas sport it goes right out into the grassroots of communities all around the world.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I tend to think that engagement is important for the future, so the more you can kind of keep political criticism out of sport, the better I think most of the time.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Its a difficult situation, i hope in time it can be resolved in a in a good way for all sides. Youve got to hope so. But Im sure, whatever happens, these great sporting events will always be able to rise above politics. Very occasionally they dont and they cant, but mainly they do. And weve had successful sporting events in countries that have had quite severe issues or problems and challenges and theyve still managed to put on a great event.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Far from being anti-democratic it would be the opposite, as indeed many senior figures in Theresa May party from past and present have been saying, what is irresponsible, however, is to try to steamroller MPs into accepting a deal they genuinely think is a bad one with the threat that if they do not fall into line, the government will have the country crash out without a deal.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Once Martin McGuinness.Look became the peace maker, Martin McGuinness.Look became it wholeheartedly.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
The intelligence assessments made at the time of going to war turned out to be wrong. The aftermath turned out to be more hostile, protracted and bloody than ever we imagined, for all of this, I express more sorrow, regret and apology than you will ever know.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
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