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Quotes by Robin Oakley

Robin Oakley

“is going to cause controversy with the U.S.”

“Theres a lot of breast thumping as leaders take up their negotiation positions, and certainly Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have indicated that this summit could turn into a real standoff,”

“Both sides know that with stock markets everywhere in free fall it is hardly the time to spark an all-out trade war.”

“He did not say how people are going to change the technocrats who seem to be running French politics, who have alienated the people and who have gained Le Pen his temporary success.”

“stricter standards applied to those who influence impressionable young people.”

“performance of great defiance and passion.”

“Lawmakers say that if the Hutton inquiry finds the government guilty of sharp practice in helping the media identify Dr. Kelly, then the beleaguered Hoon may have to fall on his sword.”

“But one thing he didnt address, having raised in his speech the suggestion that politics in France had to change, he didnt have anything to suggest how the political system should change,”

“If the French vote no, most analysts believe it would destroy any possibility of Chirac standing again for the presidency in 2007,”

“were very much trying to present themselves as reluctant warriors. They were very much reacting to demonstrations of public opinion.”