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Graham Watson

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Sir Graham Robert Watson (born 23 March 1956) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. [1]

78 relations: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Bachelor of Arts, BBC News, Beechen Cliff School, Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, Chairman, Clare Moody (politician), Conservative Party (UK), David Steel, Edinburgh, Europa (Web portal), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Democratic Party, European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group, European Parliament, European Parliament Committee on Budgets, European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament election, 1994 (United Kingdom), European Parliament election, 1999 (United Kingdom), European Parliament election, 2004 (United Kingdom), European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom), European Parliament election, 2014 (United Kingdom), European People's Party, European People's Party group, European Youth Forum, Far East, Gibraltar, Graduation, Grand coalition, Great Britain, Guy Verhofstadt, Hans van Baalen, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, Heriot-Watt University, Hong Kong, HSBC, International Federation of Liberal Youth, Isle of Bute, Italy, Jazz, Knight, Knight Bachelor, Labour Party (UK), Langport, Liberal Democrats (UK), ..., Liberal Party (UK), Literary editor, London, Member of the European Parliament, Modern language, National League of Young Liberals, Officer (armed forces), Party of European Socialists, Pat Cox, Pauline Green, Political campaign, President of the European Parliament, Proportional representation, Rothesay, Bute, Royal Navy, Sailing, Scotland, Scottish Young Liberals, Somerset, Somerset and North Devon (European Parliament constituency), South West England, South West England (European Parliament constituency), Teacher, UK Independence Party, United Kingdom, Violin, Whip (politics), 2011 Birthday Honours. Expand index (28 more) »

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE; Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour l'Europe, ADLE) is a transnational alliance between two European political parties, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (formerly known as the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party) and the European Democratic Party.

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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group (ALDE) is the liberal–centrist political group of the European Parliament.

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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 60 national-level liberal parties from across Europe.

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Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck

Anne-Marie Cécile J. Neyts-Uyttebroeck (born 17 June 1944) is a Belgian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats, member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, where she sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Beechen Cliff School

Beechen Cliff School is a boys' secondary school in Bath, Somerset, England, with about 1,150 pupils.

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Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

The Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (CUNPA) is a global network of more than 300 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and 1,500 current and former parliamentarians from around 150 countries devoted to establishing a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly.

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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Clare Moody (politician)

Clare Miranda Moody (born 30 October 1965) is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South West England region for the Labour Party.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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David Steel

David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, (born 31 March 1938) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its merger with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Europa (Web portal)

Europa is the official web portal of the European Union (EU), providing information on how the EU works, related news, events, publications and links to websites of institutions, agencies and other bodies.

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991.

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European Democratic Party

The European Democratic Party (EDP) is a centrist European political party in favour of European integration.

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European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group

The Group of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (Groupe du parti européen des libéraux, démocrates et réformateurs, ELDR) was a liberal political group in the European Parliament between 1976 and 2004.

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU).

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European Parliament Committee on Budgets

The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) is a committee of the European Parliament.

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European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) is a standing committee of the European Parliament that is responsible for protecting civil liberties and human rights, including those of minorities, as listed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

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European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) is a committee of the European Parliament.

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European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is a committee of the European Parliament.

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European Parliament election, 1994 (United Kingdom)

The European Parliament Election, 1994 was the fourth European election to be held in the United Kingdom.

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European Parliament election, 1999 (United Kingdom)

The European Parliament Election, 1999 was the United Kingdom's part of the European Parliament election 1999.

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European Parliament election, 2004 (United Kingdom)

The European Parliament election, 2004 was the United Kingdom's part of the wider European Parliament election, 2004 which was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union.

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European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom)

The European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2009 European Parliament election, the voting for which was held on Thursday 4 June 2009.

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European Parliament election, 2014 (United Kingdom)

The United Kingdom's component of the 2014 European Parliament election was held on Thursday 22 May 2014, coinciding with the 2014 local elections in England and Northern Ireland.

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European People's Party

The European People's Party (EPP) is a conservative and Christian democratic European political party.

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European People's Party group

The European People's Party group (EPP Group) is the political group in the European Parliament consisting of deputies (MEPs) from the member parties of the European People's Party (EPP).

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European Youth Forum

The European Youth Forum (from Youth Forum Jeunesse, YFJ) is the platform of the national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations in Europe.

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Far East

The Far East is a geographical term in English that usually refers to East Asia (including Northeast Asia), the Russian Far East (part of North Asia), and Southeast Asia.

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Graduation

Graduation is getting a diploma or academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated with it, in which students become graduates.

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Grand coalition

A grand coalition is an arrangement in a multi-party parliamentary system in which the two largest political parties of opposing political ideologies unite in a coalition government.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Guy Verhofstadt

Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt (born 11 April 1953) is a Belgian politician who has served as the Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium since 2009.

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Hans van Baalen

Johannes Cornelis "Hans" van Baalen (born 17 June 1960) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as a Member of the European Parliament and Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the European Parliament since 14 July 2009. He also is President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party since 21 November 2015. Van Baalen, a jurist and management consultant by occupation, worked for Deloitte as Director of Public relations from his graduation in 1988 until 1999. He became a Member of the House of Representatives on 28 September 1999 serving until 23 May 2002. After the Dutch general election of 2003 he was re-elected as Member of the House of Representatives serving from 30 January 2003 until 14 July 2009 when he became Member of the European Parliament. Van Baalen served as President of the Liberal International from 20 April 2009 until 26 April 2014.

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Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb

Charles Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb,, known as Henry, (born 27 March 1925) is a British farmer who went into politics as a leader of the National Farmers Union.

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Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University is a public university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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HSBC

HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational banking and financial services holding company, tracing its origin to a hong in Hong Kong.

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International Federation of Liberal Youth

The International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) is an international liberal youth organization.

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Isle of Bute

The Isle of Bute (Eilean Bhòid or An t-Eilean Bhòdach), properly simply Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political leader for service to the monarch or a Christian Church, especially in a military capacity.

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Knight Bachelor

The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Langport

Langport is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Somerton in the South Somerset district.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as Lib Dems) are a liberal British political party, formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party, which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.

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Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom – with the opposing Conservative Party – in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Literary editor

A literary editor is an editor in a newspaper, magazine or similar publication who deals with aspects concerning literature and books, especially reviews.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Member of the European Parliament

A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.

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Modern language

A modern language is any human language that is currently in use.

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National League of Young Liberals

National League of Young Liberals (NLYL), often just called the Young Liberals, was the youth wing of the British Liberal Party.

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority.

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Party of European Socialists

The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a social-democratic European political party.

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Pat Cox

Patrick Cox (born 28 November 1952) is an Irish politician and former television current affairs presenter.

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Pauline Green

Dame Pauline Green, (born 8 December 1948) is a former Labour and Co-operative Member of the European Parliament and former Leader of the Parliamentary Group of the Party of European Socialists (PES).

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Political campaign

A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making process within a specific group.

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President of the European Parliament

The President of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.

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Rothesay, Bute

Rothesay (Baile Bhòid) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Sailing

Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Young Liberals

Scottish Young Liberals (formerly referred to as Liberal Youth Scotland or LYS) is the Youth and Student wing of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Somerset and North Devon (European Parliament constituency)

Somerset and North Devon was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Somerset in England, plus northern Devon and south-western Avon.

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South West England

South West England is one of nine official regions of England.

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South West England (European Parliament constituency)

South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament.

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Teacher

A teacher (also called a school teacher or, in some contexts, an educator) is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competences or values.

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UK Independence Party

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Violin

The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.

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Whip (politics)

A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature.

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2011 Birthday Honours

The Birthday Honours 2011 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 11 June 2011 in the United Kingdom,United Kingdom: New Zealand, (8 July 2011) 97 New Zealand Gazette 2829.

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Graham R. Watson, Graham Robert Watson, Graham Watson MEP, Sir Graham Watson.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Watson

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