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| − | Michael Ancram is a | + | [[Michael Ancram]] ('''Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian''') PC, QC, MP (born 7 July 1945), is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He is MP for Devizes. [[Michael Ancram|Ancram]] was a signatory to the statement of principles of the [[Henry Jackson Society]], the premiere British neoconservative organisation founded in 2005.<ref>[http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/signatories.asp?pageid=36 Signatories to the Statement of Principles], Henry Jackson Society, accessed 10 April 2009.</ref> |
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| − | *[[Henry Jackson Society | + | However on 21 April 2006 he became one of the first senior Conservative MPs to call for British troops to withdraw from Iraq, saying Iraq was effectively in a state of civil war and 'It is time now for us to get out of Iraq with dignity and honour while we still can.<ref>BBC Online, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4929180.stm Tory MP urges Iraq troop pull-out] 21 April 2006</ref> |
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| + | More recently he has been criticised by neoconservatives such as [[Dean Godson]] and [[David Trimble]] for supporting negotiations with Hezbollah and Hamas on the model of the Irish peace process.<ref>Dean Godson, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3926959.ece Why Hezbollah should be condemned], The Times, 14 May 2008.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:28, 14 July 2010
Michael Ancram (Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian) PC, QC, MP (born 7 July 1945), is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He is MP for Devizes. Ancram was a signatory to the statement of principles of the Henry Jackson Society, the premiere British neoconservative organisation founded in 2005.[1]
However on 21 April 2006 he became one of the first senior Conservative MPs to call for British troops to withdraw from Iraq, saying Iraq was effectively in a state of civil war and 'It is time now for us to get out of Iraq with dignity and honour while we still can.[2]
More recently he has been criticised by neoconservatives such as Dean Godson and David Trimble for supporting negotiations with Hezbollah and Hamas on the model of the Irish peace process.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ Signatories to the Statement of Principles, Henry Jackson Society, accessed 10 April 2009.
- ↑ BBC Online, Tory MP urges Iraq troop pull-out 21 April 2006
- ↑ Dean Godson, Why Hezbollah should be condemned, The Times, 14 May 2008.
