|
| |
| | Geoff Hoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Geoff Hoon was born in Derby, Derbyshire, the son of a railwayman, and was educated at Nottingham High School and Jesus College, Cambridge where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in law in 1976, followed by a master's degree. | | | Hoon was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for Derbyshire in 1984 and served in Brussels and Strasbourg for ten years. | | | Hoon held the seat with a majority of 12,987 and has remained the MP there since, making his maiden speech on May 20, 1992. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Hoon
(823 words)
|
|
| |
| | Guardian Where did they find this man? |
| | Hoon, who is seven months younger than the prime minister, came to Blair's attention almost as soon as he became an MP in 1992. | | | Blairites say his increasing confidence vindicates the prime minister's faith in Hoon, who is destined for promotion in the postwar reshuffle. | | | Fellow ministers complain that the private face of Hoon is little different, at least in formal settings such as the cabinet. |
|
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4643872-103680,00.html
(1282 words)
|
|
| |
| | Geoff Hoon |
| | Before entering Parliament, Mr Hoon lectured in law at Leeds University from 1976 to 1982, and was Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1979 and 1980. | | | Geoff Hoon became Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons in May 2005. | | | Mr Hoon served previously in the Lord Chancellor's Department as Parliamentary Secretary from May 1997, and was promoted to Minister of State there in July 1998. |
|
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page1390.asp
(278 words)
|
|
| |
| | Telegraph Opinion Why Geoff Hoon better look to his own defence |
| | This is the building that Geoff Hoon, the Secretary of State for Defence, recently moved back into during Whitehall renovations. | | | Mr Hoon has some family connections with the US and in 1979-80 spent a year teaching law in Louisville, Kentucky. | | | This is a minister who is "going to have to quit". |
|
http://telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/08/10/do1003.xml
(1131 words)
|
|
| |
| | Geoff Hoon and Compulsory Voting |
| | Hoon, who returned to Britain yesterday after studying the Australian compulsory voting system, said that voters there were fined about £10 if they failed to give a good reason for not voting. | | | If Geoff Hoon, the British Commons Leader, has his way, British citizens will be forced to vote for their rulers. | | | My concern is that if turnout continues to fall requiring people to vote in a democratic election every four or five years does not seem to me to be a major attack on people’s civil liberties.’” |
|
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/october2005/091005Hoon.htm
(658 words)
|
|
| |
| | NameTraq Last Name: Hoon |
| | Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is guilty of a "dereliction of duty" for sending British troops to war without the right kit, the Conservatives are claiming. | | | NS Hoon, managing director (MD), TMCL, having its camp office at 1-B Judges Court Road, told reporters on Friday that he was surprised by media reports on the... | | | The man's name was Hoon; a lawyer serving as Secretary for Defence, though for how much longer remains in doubt. |
|
http://nametraq.com/genealogy_jan04/H/Hoon.shtml
(2576 words)
|
|
| |
| | New Statesman - NS interview - Geoff Hoon |
| | Nine months ago, it was conventional wisdom to assume that Hoon would be Blair's fall guy for the Hutton inquiry. | | | Butler revealed that Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General, based his final advice to the cabinet on Blair's say-so about WMDs. | | | So I put the question again: when the Prime Minister was asked for his determination by the Attorney General, was Hoon's advice sought? |
|
http://www.newstatesman.com/200411080023
(1631 words)
|
|
| |
| | Guardian Unlimited Politics Special Reports Ministers 'did not see' Iraq abuse report |
| | Mr Hoon maintained that the report highlighted three concerns, the first being the death in custody of Baha Maliki in September last year, which was already being investigated. | | | He also said the black and white nature of the pictures would be an element of the investigation. | | | Tony Blair's speech to the Foreign Policy centre |
|
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1213626,00.html
(822 words)
|
|
| |
| | What is Geoff Hoon for? Samizdata.net |
| | And then it's going to be that great big Cabinet office for Blair with not a friend in sight, Brownites to the left of me, Brownites to the right of me, here I am, stuck in the middle facing the Chancellor. | | | Mr Doberman: But you still take the full buck-stopping Cabinet salary as a Secretary of State for the Ministry of Defence? | | | Posted by Andy Duncan at August 28, 2003 10:54 AM |
|
http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/004367.html
(1284 words)
|
|
| |
| | BBC NEWS Politics Hoon suggests compulsory voting |
| | Mr Heald said: "There is little public support to make it a criminal offence not to vote. | | | But the Conservatives' constitutional affairs spokesman, Oliver Heald, said: "There is little public support to make it a criminal offence not to vote." | | | Asked if the ballot would include a box for "none of the above" politicians, Mr Hoon said: "I think that's absolutely vital. |
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4648095.stm
(605 words)
|
|
| |
| | Scotsman.com News - Geoff Hoon body-armour row |
| | Hoon is cut adrift by Leader of House | | | TONY Blair is at the centre of another political row after it emerged that major Ministry of... | | | THE flak jacket worn by a British soldier was destroyed shortly after his death in the Iraq war... |
|
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=90
(458 words)
|
|
| |
| | BBC NEWS Politics Geoff Hoon |
| | Geoff Hoon is one of Tony Blair's most trusted ministers and has enjoyed a rapid rise since he entered the Commons in 1992. | | | Originally a barrister and also an MEP until 1994, he has long been a strong supporter of Labour modernisation and is one of the most pro-European ministers in the government. |
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2051723.stm
(211 words)
|
|
| |
| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Geoff Hoon |
| | He also rang Mr Campbell to emphasise his concern that if the Commons foreign affairs committee (FAC) was not told about this potential witness the government may be accused of a cover up. | | | Mr Hoon said he had not asked for a correction because he said that in his experience newspapers were "resistant" to printing them. | | | In a ceremony in the Pentagon early in the new year, Mr Hoon was presented with the Distinguished Public Service award, the highest civilian award from the US military, for his help in the Iraq war and so-called "war on terror". |
|
http://www.guardian.co.uk/hutton/keyplayers/story/0,13842,1031801,00.html
(1066 words)
|
|
| |
| | Pity Geoff Hoon |
| | (Britain's defence minister Geoff Hoon yesterday criticised reports from Baghdad by Robert Fisk of the Independent.) | | | It's a tactic worthy of only one man I can think of, a master of playing victim when he is in the act of killing, a man who never thinks of smearing the innocent in order to propagate his own version of history. | | | These were not members of Saddam's regime, as Mr Hoon libels them; they were the very people indeed whom Mr. |
|
http://www.ccmep.org/2003_articles/Iraq/040503_pity_geoff_hoon.htm
(876 words)
|
|
| |
| | Defence Sec. Geoff Hoon in Connahs Quay 30 Jan |
| | Hoon is to all appearances a US Republican Party mole in the Labour Party. | | | Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon will be speaking to local Labour Party members in North Wales, attempting to drum up support for military action against Iraq. | | | Mr Hoon will face a barrage of criticism from Labour party members inside the meeting. |
|
http://www.labournet.net/events/0301/hoon1.html
(177 words)
|
|
| |
| | All Too Human: Geoff Hoon Under Fire |
| | Liberal Democrat deputy leader Menzies Campbell also warned that Mr Hoon's position in the Government was at stake. | | | In his evidence to the committee, Mr Hoon had made no mention of the meeting, prompting speculation that he will be summoned back for further questioning when Lord Hutton begins phase two of the inquiry next week. | | | Last week the Hutton Inquiry heard evidence from his own special adviser that Mr Hoon was present at a meeting in the Ministry of Defence when the plan to confirm the scientist's name to journalists was discussed. |
|
http://www.alltoohuman.org/blogarchive/000073.html
(839 words)
|
|
| |
| | Geoff Hoon - anagrams |
| | "Geoffrey William Hoon" -> "Hi, felon, I'm goof lawyer! | | | "The Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey William Hoon" -> ""War? | | | "Geoffrey William Hoon" -> "I'm a wholly foreign foe. |
|
http://www.anagramgenius.com/archive/geoffh.html
(170 words)
|
|
| |
| | Guardian Unlimited Politics Special Reports Freewheelin' Hoon reveals love of anti-war Dylan |
| | Q&A with John Harris, author of The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock | | | Despite his role as a chief government's chief spokesmen for the war on Iraq - and before that the bombing of Afghanistan - he has told an interviewer that his favourite album is "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", an early 1960s masterpiece by the troubadour of American protest. | | | He admits that people may find it "odd" that a defence secretary who has led Britain into two wars would like the anti-war messages of the voice of the counter-culture 60s. |
|
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/arts/story/0,13319,1154294,00.html
(468 words)
|
|
| |
| | Geoff Hoon |
| | People and organizations involved: Michael Boyce, Jonathan Powell, Sally Morgan, Richard Wilson, John Scarlett, Francis Richards, Alastair Campbell, Peter Goldsmith, Richard Dearlove, Geoff Hoon, Jack Straw, Tony Blair | | | Geoff Hoon actively participated in the following events: | | | Top British officials attend a meeting to discuss the UK's potential role in the Bush administration's confrontation with Iraq. |
|
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?id=1521846767-210
(604 words)
|
|
| |
| | Geoff Hoon's Final Appearance? |
| | Geoff Hoon was probably feeling even more nervous today than Tony Blair did yesterday. | | | Geoff Hoon, the UK Defence Secretary, gave a short speech at the Labour Party Annual Conference this afternoon. | | | Hoon should therefore have been a soft target for the dissenters. |
|
http://homepage.mac.com/tgarden/iblog/B2067696994/C1663013701/E879695885
(563 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Hindu : Geoff Hoon warns of long war |
| | The Hindu : Geoff Hoon warns of long war | | | Even as a tense Britain was assured by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, that `everything' would be done to end the Iraq war swiftly and minimise civilian casualties, the Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon, warned that it could last longer than expected. | | | Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu |
|
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/03/21/stories/2003032102141500.htm
(308 words)
|
|
| |
| | Yorkshire CND - UK Nuke Policy from Geoff Hoon - 24/3/02 |
| | GEOFF HOON: The fact is that states of concern like Iraq we have real concerns because we do not believe that he cares sufficiently about his own people. | | | He has, after al,l used chemical weapons against his own people and would not therefore be deterred from using such weapons against the people of the united kingdom or our allies. | | | JONATHAN DIMBLEBY: In the most recent Strategic Review you said that Britain would only respond with nuclear weapons against a non nuclear state if that state was allied to a nuclear state which had used nuclear weapons. |
|
http://www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/news/articles/uknukepolicy.htm
(908 words)
|
|
| |
| | Arts Unlimited Arts Friday Review Geoff Hoon |
| | From his room at the War Office, where wood-panelled walls and weathered leather sofas give the impression of a public school headmaster's study, Hoon tries to get last minute tickets to concerts. | | | Geoff Hoon recalls an incident that illustrates the paradox of the country's defence secretary being the biggest music fan in the cabinet. | | | Rock music seems like an escape from politics for Hoon and he sees no connection between the two. |
|
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1459740,00.html
(463 words)
|
|
| |
| | Geoff Hoon disrespects history of our armed forces - Stormfront White Nationalist Community |
| | His refusal to rule out cuts or mergers to the infantry regiments came despite a warning from the Labour chairman of the committee, Bruce George, that infantry numbers were running "dangerously low". | | | Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has refused to rule out the prospect that some infantry regiments could be merged - or axed altogether - as part of the "re-balancing" (WhiteToVote: how many more euphemisms with they dream up for cut-backs?) of the Armed Forces. | | | You wouldn't think there was a bloody war on! |
|
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=124800
(499 words)
|
|
| |
| | Union and Geoff Hoon MP launch textile initiative |
| | Community, the union which represents many of Britain's textile workers, - and which is currently acting on behalf of 390 employees at the threatened Sara Lee factories in Sutton-in-Ashfield (Notts) and Belper (Derbys) - and Geoff Hoon, Labour MP for Ashfield, have launched a joint initiative to support the textile industry in Ashfield. | | | "Community and Geoff Hoon have always had a good working relationship and, following recent discussions about how we can best support the textile industry in Ashfield, we have agreed to be available to any company which seeks advice on Government support for their business. | | | The union and Mr Hoon have agreed to work together to examine ways of supporting local textile businesses, which are facing growing commercial pressures. |
|
http://www.kfat.org.uk/templates/news.asp?nodeid=89840&Mode=Display
(326 words)
|
|
| |
| | Geoff Hoon in The AnswerBank: News |
| | that mike jackson army top banana should be in hoon's place along with the RAF's and navy's equal! | | | Mr Hoon was supposedly 'hung out to dry' by Tony Blair - if Tories were to be believed - months ago but he's still in there pitching...most recently taking the mickey out of the Spanish. | | | And that despite the media's firm conviction that we'd be bogged down in the desert sands for months and harried endlessly by Saddam's élite - there's a joke! |
|
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question52344.html
(476 words)
|
|
| |
| | CSM Iraq Geoff Hoon |
| | Letter from Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon, Secretary of State for Defence, responding to CSM's news release "No Weapons No War" January 2003 | | | Thank you for presenting me with a copy of the statement published by the Christian Socialist Movement (CSM) entitled "No Weapons, No War". |
|
http://www.btinternet.com/~stephenbeeronline/new_page_9.htm
(520 words)
|
|
| |
| | GEOFF HOON WELCOMES HAWK SELECTION FOR INDIA |
| | The Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon, today welcomed the news that the Indian Government had selected the BAE SYSTEMS Hawk as the new Advanced Jet Trainer for the Indian Air Force. | | | The deal, for the supply of 66 aircraft, support equipment, spares and long term in-country support services, is important for the UK/India defence and trade relationships, and will provide jobs in both India and the UK. | | | Please feel free to contact them for any further information. |
|
http://www.deso.mod.uk/archive_030910.htm
(347 words)
|
|
| |
| | DeadBrain - Satire about Geoff Hoon |
| | You have been flattened by: Home > News > Geoff Hoon | | | The latest satire from DeadBrain about Geoff Hoon, the British Defence Secretary - for now. | | | Drains fault at Wembley to take 8 months to rectify, completion date remains unaffected |
|
http://www.deadbrain.co.uk/satire/GeoffHoon.php
(90 words)
|
|
| |
| | ePolitix.com - Geoff Hoon |
| | This site gives you a brief description of Geoff Hoon, provides various ways he can be contacted and also offers links to other useful and relevant internet sites. | | | Welcome to the ePolitix website for Geoff Hoon, Labour MP for Ashfield. |
|
http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Geoff+Hoon
(40 words)
|
|
| |
| | Geoff Hoon is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Baboon |
| | Shop for stunning original art by new and established British artists: www.artgallery.co.uk | | | Geoff Hoon is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Baboon |
|
http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/cockney/loan/3829/links.aspx
(38 words)
|
|
|
