Interview: Charles Clarke

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Such as? "If you give any particular example, it becomes split, division, drama," he says. However, [Charles Clarke] also concedes that the terror agenda has produced arguments. "Of course. It's not only terror, but every aspect of policy. On shared values and policy goals, [Tony Blair] and I are like that," he says, clasping his hands together. "Sometimes we don't agree about particulars on how to get there.

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Interview: Charles Clarke

The Home Secretary was on the deck of the Mayflower in Plymouth, Massachusetts, when the Prime Minister rang to discuss his 12-point plan to counter terrorism. Britain was about to be told, in one of the most controversial announcements of his premiership, that the "rules of the game were changing". What did Charles Clarke say to Tony Blair?

"I said I'd been on a fantastic whale-watching trip the day before, and he was very interested. I am not going to talk about the details of the conversation, but it was a very tense period for the country, and w...

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