BATTLE OF WATERLOO.Tory MP John Redwood John Alan Redwood (born 15 June 1951 in Dover, Kent) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Wokingham. Formerly Secretary of State for Wales in John Major's Cabinet, he challenged Major for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1995. fought his own battle of Waterloo yesterday after attacking Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair . Blair chose Waterloo railway station in London to set out plans for Britain's presidency of the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community , and call for new friendship in Europe. Shadow trade secretary Redwood slammed the decision as insensitive, since the station was named to celebrate Wellington's victory Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria) is a minor orchestral work composed by Ludwig van Beethoven to commemorate the Duke of Wellington's victory over the French at the Battle of Vitoria in Spain on June 21, 1813. over the French under Napoleon in 1815. Redwood said: "Not everyone would choose to make a speech about the future of Europe from a station called Waterloo. "It will not immediately warm the hearts and minds of the French." But Foreign Secretary Robin Cook hit back: "Waterloo station is where the Eurostar comes in and is a perfectly proper symbol of our links with Europe." Blair said: "This year this station alone has been the embarkation point for over five million journeys to France and beyond." |
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