Kenneth Clarke - I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but...

Kenneth Clarke Zitate

I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change.

Kenneth Clarke

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Es tut mir leid, meine Kollegen verärgert zu haben, indem wir gesagt haben, wir hätten vier Jahre in der Opposition verschwendet, aber wenn Sie als Partei so schlimm besiegt werden, müssen Sie sich einigen schmerzlichen Tatsachen stellen und sich ändern.

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