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George Bush Junior [George W Bush] was a religious fanatic, and Tony Blair wasn’t far behind in a way.

Bob Hawke

We had a very good relationship. Very good. I liked [Sonny Ramphal]. I thought he was a genuine man.
BOB HAWKE

Genuine Good Relationships Men
[ Elizabeth II] has immersed herself, in the sense [that] she can speak intelligently about any and all members of the Commonwealth and she has played a role.
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Commonwealth Elizabeth Immersed Members Roles Speak
I think she finds the Commonwealth and her position as Head of the Commonwealth infinitely more interesting than being the Queen of England, because she has no significant role in the latter.
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Commonwealth Country Infinitely Latter Position Queen Significance
I had no time for Indira Gandhi. She was too much in the Russian camp for my liking.
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Camps Fighter Freedom Liking Much Too
I had a good personal relationship with Lee Kuan Yew and I used him, in the sense, that he… He made a statement in 1980, and he said in that statement that,
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Australia Personal Relationship White Yew
I hated [Robert Mugabe]. He’s one of the worst human beings I’ve ever met. He treated black and white with equal contempt. He was a horrible human being.
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Black Mets Mugabe White
There is no doubt that this government and this country are benefiting from the reforms that we brought in the 1980s, and that couldn’t have been done without the co-operation of the trade union movement.
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Benefiting Country Doubt Government Reform
It was Indira Gandhi who very much lined up with the Russians. And she was, you know, within the Commonwealth, basically one out on that.
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Commonwealth Country Firsts India People
George Bush Junior [George W Bush] was a religious fanatic, and Tony Blair wasn’t far behind in a way.
BOB HAWKE

Behind Fanatic Juniors Religious Way
The first meeting in 1983 was held in India and I was very off put by her. I just couldn’t abide her, basically.
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Basically First Meeting
There was some suggestion that there was a rapprochement developing between China and the Soviets, but nothing could have been further from the truth.
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Country Developing Nothing Soviet Truth
I believe [ Rajiv Gandhi] had a real sense that he would be assassinated.
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Assassinated Belief Real
It was very much an Australian/New Zealand initiative to have a nuclear free South Pacific. And the Americans were very apprehensive about this.
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Apprehensive Commitment Initiative Nuclear Pacific South
The personality of the Queen [ Elizabeth II]… For instance, once she goes – if she’s ever going to die, it seems to be questionable – if Charles [of Wales] were there, whether there’d be the same sort of cement is very questionable, I think.
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Charles Elizabeth Personality Queens Question Think Thinking
You could talk to her about any of the fifty-one countries of the Commonwealth and you could have an intelligent conversation with her about the economics, the politics. She really immersed herself in the Commonwealth.
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Commonwealth Conversation Economics Impressed
He said it was very uncomfortable and he often took it off, but of course, in the end, it wouldn’t have mattered if he’d been wearing three vests – he would have been gone.
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Course Mattered Uncomfortable

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