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Jack Straw

Jack Straw is a former UK foreign secretary, justice secretary and home secretary with responsibility for the UK security services

<p>Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise</p>

In this Iran-Israel conflict there’s a concerning detail not to ignore

<p>John Prescott was a key part of the New Labour government which swept to power in 1997</p>

Jack Straw: Prescott had a wariness towards people like Blair and me

<p>An Iranian woman walks past a huge anti-Israeli banner carrying pictures of missiles, in Tehran, Iran</p>

Iran is on course to build a nuclear bomb and for a high-stakes gamble

<p>The final day of the Iranian embassy siege in London after six gunmen stormed the building on 30 April 1980 </p>

Siege of the Iranian embassy ended the old world of the SAS forever

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Ask no questions, hear more lies: The decline in newspaper coverage of

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Poll tax dies but haunts democracy: The damage to councils will be