Completely unruffled by crisis

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British Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke QC is a lawyer who has never worked in a top economics post but was asked to appear on 'Panorama' to discuss the sterling crisis. In dealing with the Prison Officers' Association he decided to privatise Strangeways prison. He told the Police Federation it should sack incompetent officers. He comes from a working class family and read law at Gonville and Caius. He was President of the Union when involved with the Cambridge Mafia, inclyding John Gummer, Norman Lamont and Leon Brittan.

Powers and duties, Cabinet officers, Cabinet officials, United Kingdom. Home Office, Clarke, Kenneth (American writer)

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Lord Midas, his zenith and nadir

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Multi-millionaire Lord McAlpine, 51, was Conservative Party treasurer from 1975-1990. He accepted money from Asil Nadir, channelled through secret offshore accounts. He used to show the Labour manifesto to leading industrialists to persuade them to make donations to fund the Conservative election campaign. Robert Alistair McAlpine attended Stowe School. He became a director of his family's construction company Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons when he was 21. He resigned his Central Office post to write.

Behavior, McAlpine, Robert Alastair

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After a year of gaffes, Hague celebrates with a day in bed

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UK Conservative party leader William Hague has made many mistakes during his first year in office. He has been badly advised about his image, and has come across as rather bland, even though those who know him well emphasize that he is actually intelligent, mature and confident. He has tried too hard to be fashionable, when his physical image is very far from fashionable. It is hard to imagine how he will be able to improve on this situation in his second year in office.

Hague, William, Public opinion

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