13,787 source-backed politics facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 129 of 138.
“Blair laid out his commitment to Europe in a remarkable speech in Warsaw on 6 October.”
“It will refuse to concede to a demand from most of the rest, including the other “Big Three” of France, Germany and Italy, for tax and social security issues to be the subject of qualified majority voting, meaning that Britain’s veto on th…”
“It will support the other big states in their push to reduce the power of the small states – a battle that is likely to be the toughest in Nice, since the small states still, in pre-summit skirmishing, refuse to give enough to allow a rest…”
“That Labour has succeeded, in three years, in mending the European fences and putting itself at the heart of the argument on structure, competence, constitution and purpose, is genuinely impressive and convincing – at least to those who re…”
“the by-election on 23 November to replace Betty Boothroyd”
“Betty Boothroyd, the retired Speaker and, since 1973, one of West Bromwich’s two Labour MPs”
“There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny . . .”
“There’s going to be a lot of shocked people on 7 November, starting with my opponent and all the pundits who don’t understand what is happening in California, he roared to cheering supporters.”
“Dubbya would certainly like California’s 54 electoral votes, but they are not as vital to him as others.”
“the Bushies have set up no fewer than 250 field offices in California alone; in one single week, Bush has spent $1.8m in television advertising there.”
“his team has broadcast no fewer than 4,762 campaign ads in Philadelphia (the biggest city in Pennsylvania) against Bush’s 2,898.”
“Nader is taking 19 per cent of the hard‑left vote from Gore, 11 per cent of independents, and 19 per cent of under‑25s: “5 per cent [for Nader] is massive in a 1‑ or 2‑point race,” says Zogby.”
“Finally, after 16 rough and rocky months, politics in Wales has bowed to the inevitable.”
“On 17 October, Rhodri Morgan, the Labour leader in the Welsh Assembly, signed a formal “agreement” with the Liberal Democrats.”
“Their six votes and Labour’s 28 would give him a majority”
“We have won 114 policy concessions," he gleamed”
“And two Cabinet seats”
“And a deputy minister’s post”
“Three weeks ago, we handed unbelievable powers to the Liberal Democrats”
“Two weeks ago, Paddy Ashdown revealed that Tony Blair wanted a coalition government”
“It all started unravelling for my companion two years ago, when Labour conceded PR-voting for the new Welsh Assembly”
“For the past 16 months, the assembly has staggered about like a bemused old boxer, battered and reeling”
“Tony Martin, 37”
“For the past 18 months, Martin has waged war”
“Steinberg, MP since 1987”
“I’ve been a councillor for 28 years”
““There’s going to be a lot of shocked people on 7 November, starting with my opponent and all the pundits who don’t understand what is happening in California,” he roared to cheering supporters.”
“In their we-are-now-assured-of-victory mode, the Bushies have set up no fewer than 250 field offices in California alone; in one single week, Bush has spent $1.8m in television advertising there.”
“since June, his team has broadcast no fewer than 4,762 campaign ads in Philadelphia (the biggest city in Pennsylvania) against Bush’s 2,898.”
“Pollster John Zogby says that Nader is taking 19 per cent of the hard-left vote from Gore, 11 per cent of independents, and 19 per cent of under-25s: “5 per cent [for Nader] is massive in a 1- or 2-point race,” says Zogby.”
“token one-tenth of 1 per cent of the company”
“during the first weekend of May 1998”
“on 16 October”
“of 22 September”
“As recently as April”
“In York, for example, everyone is consulted about something every single year.”
“In Lewisham, south-east London, there is no escape even if you leave: the council conducts exit surveys to find out why.”
“Brighton and Hove Council currently has more than 35 areas of strategic development out for community consultation.”
“Nor is it lending an ear only to its own, 5,000-strong People’s Panel, set up to test vox populi on everything from dog litter to devolution.”
“£3.5m, to be precise”
“worth up to £100,000 a year”
“between 200 and 250”
“spent about £70,000”
“more than a dozen recruits”
“Say we’ve got 200 members”
“Only a 100 or so will bother to vote”
“maximum of 250 people”
“The 13-volume report names names.”
“I left Jerusalem for Tel Aviv on the night of 12 October”
“I was in charge of 80 men and it was very tough,”
“I lost confidence in Barak three months after he was elected [in May 1999]”
“before the 1997 election”
“six months ago, Widdecombe, now shadow home secretary, told friends that relations between her and Portillo, now shadow chancellor, were “ice cold””
“The bad blood between the two dates back to 1993”
“Disability Discrimination Bill 1995”
“in May 1997”
“published this month by Politico’s (£17.99)”
“In the privacy of the voting booths in just over a fortnight’s time, on 7 November, therefore, Americans will be faced with a critical choice of packages”
“In 1960, just 113,000 voters out of 68 million ended up giving the White House to Jack Kennedy over Nixon”
“this election is so volatile that the 2,000 margin could yet end up much the same.”
“The Blair administration is the fourth Labour government since the Second World War. The previous three were all wrecked and ultimately doomed by economic crises in their early years: the devaluations of 1947 and 1967 and the bailout by th…”
“about 75 per cent of the hall stood for him”
“the 800-strong Ulster Unionist Council”
“MEDDLING ministers unveiled a £2 million crusade telling teenagers it’s cool to be a VIRGIN.”
“£60m campaign to halve the pregnancy rate by 2010.”
“has put £2m into a national advertising campaign that asks: “Sex, are you thinking about it enough?””
“Its £26m yearly budget was higher than that provided for the national parks.”
“More than 60 of these briefings were held during the next three years and they became a key element of a new and vibrant arrangement for the government’s sponsorship of this essential industry.”
“The DoE provided 50 per cent of the funds.”
“heard 18 different views on what impact the latest poll results would have on Downing Street.”
“The thing about William Hague is . . .”
“I spent half an hour blaming a cheap furniture store in Tottenham for contributing to world poverty.”
“Around midnight, the hostess finally rescued me.”
“Take last week, when a DJ with a mouth full of casserole turned to me and asked: “Who exactly is this Alastair Campbell I keep reading about?””
“In the run-up to the 1983 election campaign, Margaret Thatcher discovered “Victorian values”.”
“Three separate tribunals are now in session”
“The structure is tinkered with, not redesigned, by the reduction of the presidential term from seven to five years in a surreal September referendum in which voter turnout was near invisible.”
“The Rome Statute was initially promoted by 120 countries and currently has 112 signatories”
“after which 60 countries will have to ratify it in order for it to become law”
“raises from 15 to 18 the minimum age for compulsory recruitment”
“After he was dismissed as premier in 1964, Khrushchev’s name was not officially mentioned for 20 years.”
“It has been 40 years now”
“Harold Macmillan’s address on 23 September 1960”
“arguments about Red China’s admission to the United Nations on 29 September”
“Russia’s invasion of Hungary in 1956 on 4 October”
“The acceptance of 15 more independent African states to the UN”
“It had been 15 years since the end of the Second World War”
“That day, Khrushchev announced he would be leaving the United States on Thursday 13 October.”
“On Tuesday 11 October, the Soviet leader addressed the UN one last time.”
“On Wednesday 12 October 1960, there it was, on the front pages of all national papers: Nikita Sergeyevich and his famous shoe.”
“The Soviet premier left America on the Thursday as promised.”
“The opposition claimed that Kostunica had 55 per cent of the vote to Milosevic’s 35 per cent.”
“Then, on Tuesday evening, the Milosevic-controlled Federal Election Commission said the true figures were 48 for Kostunica and 40 for Milosevic.”
“There would be a run-off poll on 8 October.”
“Whatever happens, Serbia changed.”
“Give us the second round,” he said. “How can I tell Milosevic that he lost in the first round?””
“to put 250,000 under-25-year-olds into work”
“mid-afternoon, one day at the end of January”
“the other two Cabinet ministers who have shown themselves ready to stick their heads above the parapet”
“the mechanics of the five tests give the Chancellor a stranglehold”
