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Ken Clarke Quotes

born 1940 United Kingdom

Kenneth Harry Clarke, Baron Clarke of Nottingham (born 2 July 1940) is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997 as well as serving as deputy chair of British American Tobacco from 1998 to 2007. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe from 1970 to 2019 and was Father of the House of Commons between 2017 and 2019.

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Also known as: Kenneth Clarke

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All political careers are a rollercoaster.

If the Conservative Party cannot think of anything else to do it has a leadership contest.

I don’t want the new leader to make me parliamentary under-secretary for nuts and bolts.

I don't think the Conservative Party could win an election in 1,000 years on this ultra right-wing programme.

I wouldn't reject it if it was the only way forward.

The referendum is not binding.

We are all in agreement about the principles of the national health service ...it should be provided free at the point of treatment, according to clinical need and largely funded out of taxation.

At the moment I save the House of Commons from having Dennis Skinner as father of the house by 25 minutes

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ken Clarke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.