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    He would also like to see other candidates to challenge Tony Blair, should he decide to run for the presidency of the EU. "Well, the Luxembourg prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, is a very good candidate, too ... It would be hard for me to choose between him and Tony Blair. There are a lot of liberal-Conservative governments in Europe, so that might speak against Blair. On the other hand, he is highly respected here, especially for his position on the Iraq war." Back in Lower Saxony, meanwhile, it occurs to McAllister he has a mutual acquaintance he might have mentioned to Salmond. Full Article at Times Online
    Well, the Luxembourg prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, is a very good candidate, too ... It would be hard for me to choose between him and Tony Blair. There are a lot of liberal-Conservative governments in Europe, so that might speak against Blair. On the other hand, he is highly respected here, especially for his position on the Iraq war.
    SOURCE: Times Online 1 month ago
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The Scot that is tipped to lead Germany
  1. Every so often I like to look up his website and see if he has any new policies or presentational ideas I can copy.
    SOURCE: Times Online 1 month ago
  2. I really don’t know why British Conservatives do it
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  3. My mother tells me I gave a speech in my school as a nine-year-old during the general election of 1980 ... The teacher phoned my mother to ask what was happening at home.
    SOURCE: Times Online 1 month ago
  4. I’d be going too far if I said Alex Salmond was known outside political circles here ... You might say that’s the diplomatic answer.
    – David McAllister SOURCE: Times Online 1 month ago
  5. I think the BBC did the right thing there ... Our experience in Germany has shown us you handle these people in two ways: you try to prevent them speaking, but if you must let them speak you do so in the hope that they unmask themselves.
    SOURCE: Times Online 1 month ago
  6. Your debate culture is so unlike ours ... We are very earnest, very measured. You listen to one German politician and you’ve heard them all. British politicians are so inspiring. We think Westminster is something very special, lively and entertaining.
    SOURCE: Times Online 1 month ago
  7. Such a very good slogan ... It is a pity it doesn’t translate into German.
    SOURCE: Times Online 1 month ago
  8. It’s difficult to say what my father might have believed politically
    SOURCE: Times Online 1 month ago
  9. It seems to me there are very good reasons to keep the union ... Devolution was a right process; it’s certainly something we in Germany are interested in greatly, but this is a time when the countries of Europe should be growing closer, not splitting up after 300 years together. Breaking the union would...
    SOURCE: Times Online 1 month ago

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