'14-pint' Tory leader hides.TORY Tory (tô`rē), English political party. The term was originally applied to outlaws in Ireland and was adopted as a derogatory name for supporters of the duke of York (later James II) at the time (c. leader William "14 pints" Hague has gone into hiding after his boasts about teenage drinking gave him a new hangover. Aides sent Hague underground to avoid grillings on his tales of booze-ups while delivering soft drinks to pubs in his native Yorkshire. "Britain's biggest drinker" leaves on a two-week holiday to America this weekend just when Tories wanted to give him a high-profile while Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair is away. Labour MP Fraser Kemp Fraser Kemp (born 1 September 1958, Washington) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour member of Parliament for Houghton and Washington East. He became an MP in 1997, and had previously been a full-time employee of the Labour Party. said: "Leadership is about judgement, something William Hague This article is about the British politician. For the Babylon 5 character see General William Hague. William Jefferson Hague (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and current has failed to show this summer." But a Tory spokesman said: "William was working in Westminster until Tuesday and has been in his constituency in Yorkshire until he leaves for a holiday." |
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