Douglas Richard Hurd

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Douglas Richard Hurd

British diplomat

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Malcolm Rifkind
On Douglas Hurd’s retirement as foreign secretary in July 1995, Rifkind was the obvious successor. Rifkind immediately made it clear that he would maintain Hurd’s broadly pro-European policies, although, to pacify Conservative Euroskeptics, Rifkind also promised “a stalwart defence of British interests.” He also made it…
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On Douglas Hurd’s retirement as foreign secretary in July 1995, Rifkind was the obvious successor. Rifkind immediately made it clear that he would maintain Hurd’s broadly pro-European policies, although, to pacify Conservative Euroskeptics, Rifkind also promised “a stalwart defence of British interests.” He also made it…
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