British - Politician | December 4, 1955 -
Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk.
Philip Hammond
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Disruption to the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz would threaten regional and global economic growth. Any attempt by Iran to close the Straits would be illegal and unsuccessful.
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To those who say Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure, I say we cannot afford not to invest in our future.
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While I believe firmly in open markets and free trade, I also believe an open market needs a level playing field.
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Sound public finances are the essential foundation on which to construct a better-balanced economy from the wreckage of Labour's boom and bust. But it is economic growth that will create the jobs and the prosperity for the future and enable us to pay down Labour's debt.
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Britain is one of the world's most open economies. More dependent on trade than any other major country. Our success depends on our competitiveness and our competitiveness depends on raising our productivity, as our competitors are raising theirs.
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Talking to the Taliban is a process the Afghans have to manage. It is their country.
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Negotiating with the Taliban must be done from a position of strength. Negotiating from a position of weakness would be a disaster.
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The great western error about the Taliban is to assume homogeneity.
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You shouldn't send people out to do a job which you cannot afford to equip them to do.
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We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do it for us.
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We will build in Britain a cyber strike capability so we can strike back in cyber space against enemies who attack us, putting cyber alongside land, sea, air and space as a mainstream military activity.
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