"If you asked her (Margaret Thatcher) about Sinai, she would probably think it was the plural for sinus."
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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomMemoiristsGovernment ministersJournalists from IrelandPerjurers
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As quoted in James Prior A Balance of Power (1986), p. 107.
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Jonathan Aitken
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken (born 30 August 1942) is a former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1997, and is a former British government Cabinet minister. He was convicted of perjury in 1999 and received an 18-month prison sentence, of which he served seven months. He is currently president of Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Aitken was also a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
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