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'''Kenneth Clarke''' is the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840 Her Majesty’s Government], Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.</ref>
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'''Kenneth Clarke''' is a [[conservative]] (deep) politician.<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840 Her Majesty’s Government], Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.</ref> He is a member of the [[Bilderberg Steering committee]], Vice-President of the [[European Movement]], and a member of [[The Other Club]]. He entered Parliament in the June 1970 General election.<ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/kenneth_clarke/Rushcliffe They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
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He is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party.
 
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He represents the constituents for Radcliffe.<ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/kenneth_clarke/Rushcliffe They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
 
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Kenneth Clarke entered Parliament in the June 1970 General election with a majority of 12,974 votes.<ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/kenneth_clarke/Rushcliffe They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
 
  
 
==Early Life==
 
==Early Life==
 
After passing his 11+, Clarke attended [[Nottingham High School]], one of Britain's oldest private schools on a free local authority scholarship from 1951.<ref>Chris Holt, THIS SCHOOL, WHICH ONCE TAUGHT DH LAWRENCE, HAS ALSO PRODUCED AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF ECONOMIC THINKERS, LED BY OLD BOYS KENNETH CLARKE AND LABOUR'S RISING STAR ED BALLS, Mail on Sunday, 13 December 1998.</ref>  
 
After passing his 11+, Clarke attended [[Nottingham High School]], one of Britain's oldest private schools on a free local authority scholarship from 1951.<ref>Chris Holt, THIS SCHOOL, WHICH ONCE TAUGHT DH LAWRENCE, HAS ALSO PRODUCED AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF ECONOMIC THINKERS, LED BY OLD BOYS KENNETH CLARKE AND LABOUR'S RISING STAR ED BALLS, Mail on Sunday, 13 December 1998.</ref>  
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==Policies==
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In 2010, Kenneth Clarke announced plans to have [[prison]]ers work a 40 hour week.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/oct/05/ken-clarke-prison-reform-work</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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*[[Bilderberg/Steering committee|Bilderberg]] - Steering Committee<ref>''[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10111158/Bilderberg-Ken-Clarke-forgot-he-was-a-trustee-of-funding-group.html "Bilderberg: Ken Clarke 'forgot' he was a trustee of funding group"]''</ref>
 
*[[European Movement]] - Vice-President
 
*[[European Movement]] - Vice-President
 
*[[The Other Club]] - Member
 
*[[The Other Club]] - Member
  
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==All-Party Parliamentary Groups==
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==Ben Fellows==
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As at March 2010 Clarke sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs): <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
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In [[2012]], [[Ben Fellows]], a former [[child actor]], told corporate press reporters about an alleged sexual assault by Clarke when he was 19 years old, in 1994. Fellows alleged that the Tory MP had plied him with [[alcohol]] and carried out the [[sexual assault]] in the office of a [[lobbyist]] in [[1994]]. He went on to make a statement to police officers from [[Operation Fairbank]], the high-profile investigation into Westminster historic [[child sex abuse]]. Fellows also accused a number of other people from the media/entertainment industry.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/actor-who-accused-conservative-mp-ken-clarke-of-sexually-assaulting-him-cleared-of-perverting-the-course-of-justice-10427787.html</ref>  
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi184.htm All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Boxing]]-Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi188.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Boxing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
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The police investigation into Clarke was dropped after Fellows could not provide other evidence for claims. Instead, Fellows was charged with "perverting the course of public justice"<ref>https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/solihull-actor-charged-making-false-8486365</ref>, but acquitted in 2015.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/30/actor-kenneth-clarke-sexual-assault-perverting-course-of-justice</ref>
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Debt, Aid & Trade]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi263.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Debt, Aid & Trade], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi298.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
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==Opinions==
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
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In 2016 Clarke described [[Theresa May]] as a “bloody difficult woman” and stated about the [[Tory]] leadership that “I don’t mind who wins as long as [[Gove]] comes third. As long as Gove doesn’t come in the final two I don’t mind what happens.”<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/05/ken-clarke-caught-camera-ridiculing-tory-leadership-candidates-theresa-may-michael-gove</ref>
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*[[Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) UK All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi328.htm Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) UK All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
 
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*[[Group on Guantanamo Bay]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi333.htm Group on Guantanamo Bay], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
 
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi377.htm All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
 
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Parkinson's Disease]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi446.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Parkinson's Disease], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
 
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rowing Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi493.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rowing Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
 
  
 
==External Resources==
 
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*Westminster Parliamentary Record [http://www.parliamentaryrecord.com/content/profiles/mp/Ken-Clarke/Rushcliffe/703 Ken Clarke MP]
 
*Westminster Parliamentary Record [http://www.parliamentaryrecord.com/content/profiles/mp/Ken-Clarke/Rushcliffe/703 Ken Clarke MP]
  
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==Contact Details==
 
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/Rushcliffe find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
 
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*Office Email: clarkek@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/rushcliffe find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref>
 
 
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Person.png Kenneth Clarke   Powerbase SourcewatchRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, deep state operative)
Kenneth Clarke.jpg
BornKenneth Harry Clarke
2 July 1940
West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England
NationalityUK
Alma materGonville and Caius College Cambridge
Children2
SpouseGillian Edwards
Member ofBilderberg/Steering committee, The Other Club
PartyConservative
Bilderberg Steering committee, The Other Club, UK politician. When former child actor Ben Fellows went public with accusations that Clarke had assaulted him, Fellows was prosecuted for "attempting to pervert the course of justice".

Employment.png UK/Minister without Portfolio

In office
4 September 2012 - 14 July 2014
Preceded bySayeeda Warsi

Employment.png Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
2 May 1997 - 11 June 1997
Preceded byGordon Brown
Succeeded byPeter Lilley

Employment.png Chancellor of the Exchequer Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
27 May 1993 - 2 May 1997
Preceded byNorman Lamont
Succeeded byGordon Brown

Employment.png Home Secretary Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
10 April 1992 - 27 May 1993
Preceded byKenneth Baker
Succeeded byMichael Howard

Employment.png Lord Chancellor Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
12 May 2010 - 4 September 2012
Preceded byJack Straw
Succeeded byChris Grayling

Employment.png Secretary of State for Justice Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
12 May 2010 - 4 September 2012
Preceded byJack Straw
Succeeded byChris Grayling

Employment.png Secretary of State for Education and Science

In office
2 November 1990 - 10 April 1992
Preceded byJohn MacGregor

Employment.png Secretary of State for Health Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
25 July 1988 - 2 November 1990
Succeeded byWilliam Waldegrave

Employment.png Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
13 July 1987 - 25 July 1988

Employment.png UK/Paymaster General Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
2 September 1985 - 13 July 1987
Succeeded byPeter Brooke

Employment.png UK/Minister of State for Employment

In office
2 September 1985 - 13 July 1987

Employment.png UK/Minister of State for Health

In office
5 March 1982 - 2 September 1985

Employment.png Under Secretary of State for Transport

In office
7 February 1979 - 5 March 1982

Employment.png Father of the House of Commons

In office
26 February 2017 - Present

Kenneth Clarke is a conservative (deep) politician.[1] He is a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee, Vice-President of the European Movement, and a member of The Other Club. He entered Parliament in the June 1970 General election.[2]

Early Life

After passing his 11+, Clarke attended Nottingham High School, one of Britain's oldest private schools on a free local authority scholarship from 1951.[3]

Policies

In 2010, Kenneth Clarke announced plans to have prisoners work a 40 hour week.[4]

Affiliations

Ben Fellows

In 2012, Ben Fellows, a former child actor, told corporate press reporters about an alleged sexual assault by Clarke when he was 19 years old, in 1994. Fellows alleged that the Tory MP had plied him with alcohol and carried out the sexual assault in the office of a lobbyist in 1994. He went on to make a statement to police officers from Operation Fairbank, the high-profile investigation into Westminster historic child sex abuse. Fellows also accused a number of other people from the media/entertainment industry.[6]

The police investigation into Clarke was dropped after Fellows could not provide other evidence for claims. Instead, Fellows was charged with "perverting the course of public justice"[7], but acquitted in 2015.[8]

Opinions

In 2016 Clarke described Theresa May as a “bloody difficult woman” and stated about the Tory leadership that “I don’t mind who wins as long as Gove comes third. As long as Gove doesn’t come in the final two I don’t mind what happens.”[9]

External Resources


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/199322 April 199325 April 1993Greece
Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel
Vouliagmeni		The 41st Bilderberg, held in Greece
Bilderberg/199814 May 199817 May 1998Scotland
Turnberry		The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington
Bilderberg/19993 June 19996 June 1999Portugal
Sintra		The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants
Bilderberg/20001 June 20004 June 2000Belgium
Brussels
Genval		The 48th Bilderberg, 94 guests
Bilderberg/200315 May 200318 May 2003France
Versailles		The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France
Bilderberg/20043 June 20046 June 2004Italy
Stresa		The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests
Bilderberg/20068 June 200611 June 2006Canada
Ottawa		54th Bilderberg, held in Canada. 133 guests
Bilderberg/200731 May 20073 June 2007Turkey
Istanbul		The 55th Bilderberg meeting, held in Turkey
Bilderberg/20085 June 20088 June 2008US
Virginia
Chantilly		The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests
Bilderberg/201231 May 20123 June 2012US
Virginia
Chantilly		The 58th Bilderberg, in Chantilly, Virginia. Unusually just 4 years after an earlier Bilderberg meeting there.
Bilderberg/20136 June 20139 June 2013Watford
UK		The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting.

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:The Real Reason Theresa May’s Brexit Has FailedArticle2 March 2019T. J. ColesSo, the choice faced by ordinary British people is between a neoliberal EU supported by millionaires like Kenneth Clarke or an ultra-neoliberal Brexit supported by multimillionaires like Jacob Rees-Mogg. Meanwhile, ordinary working-class people pay the price for these elite games, as usual.
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References

  1. ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
  2. ↑ They Work for You, They Work For You website, accessed 24 March 2010
  3. ↑ Chris Holt, THIS SCHOOL, WHICH ONCE TAUGHT DH LAWRENCE, HAS ALSO PRODUCED AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF ECONOMIC THINKERS, LED BY OLD BOYS KENNETH CLARKE AND LABOUR'S RISING STAR ED BALLS, Mail on Sunday, 13 December 1998.
  4. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/oct/05/ken-clarke-prison-reform-work
  5. ↑ "Bilderberg: Ken Clarke 'forgot' he was a trustee of funding group"
  6. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/actor-who-accused-conservative-mp-ken-clarke-of-sexually-assaulting-him-cleared-of-perverting-the-course-of-justice-10427787.html
  7. ↑ https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/solihull-actor-charged-making-false-8486365
  8. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/30/actor-kenneth-clarke-sexual-assault-perverting-course-of-justice
  9. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/05/ken-clarke-caught-camera-ridiculing-tory-leadership-candidates-theresa-may-michael-gove
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