Michael Howard
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"Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne", Order of the Companions of Honour/CH, Privy Council of the United Kingdom/PC, Queen's Counsel/QC is a United Kingdom/British politician who served as the Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)/Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)/Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)/Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He had previously held cabinet positions in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Employment, Secretary of State for the Environment and Home Secretary.

Howard was born in Gorseinon, South Wales. He studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge following which he joined the Young Conservatives. In 1964 he was called to the Bar and became a Queen's Counsel in 1982. He became a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom general election, 1983/1983 General Election, representing the constituency of Folkestone and Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)/Folkestone and Hythe. This quickly led to promotion and Howard became Minister for Local Government in 1987. Under John Major (1990–1997), he held several cabinet positions including Secretary of State for Employment (1990–1992) and Home Secretary (1993–1997).

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There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.

We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.

We cannot possibly take them all into this country [asylum seekers] - it is a completely unrealistic expectation.

What (Winston) Churchill did in wartime, Margaret Thatcher did in peacetime.

Nothing has changed over the last six months. He has just caved in. He's not getting anything in return for the concessions he is making.

Doesn't the prime minister see, doesn't he really see, that this week marks the beginning of the final chapter of his administration?

This grammar school boy is not going to take any lessons from a public school boy on children from less privileged backgrounds.

If the traffic is flowing across the Internet, you have no idea how many routers the traffic has gone through, which can impact the quality of the call, ... But if the traffic travels on your own network, you can control the quality. That could be reason enough to build a network.

We didn't win - and let's be honest with each other: We didn't even come close to winning.