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Charles Clarke

British Labour Party politician (born 1950)

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“I don't mind there being some medievalists around for ornamental purposes, but there is no reason for the State to pay for them.”
— Speech at University College, Worcester, April 2003 (Reported in the Times Educational Supplement, May 2003)
“I am not in any way opposed to medieval studies (or for that matter Latin).”
— Education Secretary Clarke, Letter to the Guardian, May 2003
“The fact is, we're looking for a very small number of very evil needles in a very large haystack, which is the city of London.”
— Home Secretary Charles Clarke, BBC radio, July 2005 following the London bombings

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Charles Rodway Clarke is a British Labour Party politician who held various Cabinet positions under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 2001 to 2006, lastly as Home Secretary from December 2004 to May 2006. Clarke was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 to 2010.

Occupation: economist, politician
Position held: Home Secretary, Secretary of State for Education, Minister without Portfolio, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Born: September 21, 1950, September 1950

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Charles Rodway Clarke (born 21 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who held various Cabinet positions under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 2001 to 2006, lastly as Home Secretary from December 2004 to May 2006. Clarke was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 to 2010. Early life The son of Civil Service Permanent Secretary Sir Richard Clarke, Charles Clarke was born in London. He attended the fee-paying Highgate School where he was Head Boy. He then read Mathematics and Economics at King's College, Cambridge, where he also served as the President of the Cambridge Students' Union. A member of the Broad Left faction, he was President of the National Union of Students from 1975 to 1977. Clarke had joined the Labour Party by then and was active in the Clause Four group. Clarke was the British representative on the Permanent Commission for the World Youth Festival (Cuba) from 1977 to 1978.

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