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British Conservative politician and novelist (born 1930)

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Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell is an English Conservative Party politician and author who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1979 to 1995.

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Douglas Hurd
said · May 15, 2008
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People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled 'politics'.

Interview with Rhian Harris about the Tories then and now (15 May 2008)

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Douglas Hurd
said · Apr 18, 2005
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We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

Speech in Berlin (18 April 2005)

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Douglas Hurd
said · Jan 15, 1997
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Prison is an expensive way of making bad people worse.

‘Hurd takes on prison reform trust’, The Independent (15 January 1997)

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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
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Dates
Born 1930 · age 96
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