About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Tam Dalyell, Robin Cook, Anne Begg, Edward Irving, Jack McConnell, John Davidson, Dennis Canavan, Frank McAveety, John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith, Christine Grahame, Michael Connarty, James Murray, Iain Gray, John Fairbairn, Malcolm Chisholm, Robin Harper, Donald Gorrie, Russell Johnston, Reginald Johnston, William Auld, Logie Bruce Lockhart, Margaret Ewing, Alexander Wilson, Lindsay Roy, Ian Black, John Christie, Donald MacCormick, Sheila Gilmore, Eric Anderson, Alexander Crombie, Bill Butler, Willie Hamilton, Bob Crampsey, Keiron Anderson, Rosemary Byrne, Anne Davidson, William Wallace, Malcolm Savidge, Ninian Winzet, James Cuthbertson, Rob Gibson, Campbell Stephen, Johann Lamont, Norman Buchan, Francis Grant Ogilvie, Anna McCurley, John Wishart, Douglas Dunlop, Thomas Braidwood, Colin Campbell, James Boyd, Marlyn Glen, Robert Hamilton, David Wedderburn, John Rankin, Laurence I. Graham, Jack Harrison, Adam Anderson, Hely Hutchinson Almond, Brian Keany, Colin Mair, John Lowrie Morrison, William Alexander, Baron Alexander of Potterhill, Fergus Hall, John Fian, William Collins. Excerpt: Robert Finlayson Cook (28 February 1946 - 6 August 2005) was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston from 1983 until his death, and notably served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001. He studied at the University of Edinburgh before becoming a Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Central in 1974. In parliament he was noted for his debating ability which saw his rise through the political ranks and ultimately to the Cabinet. He resigned from his positions as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons on 17 March 2003 in protest against the invasion of Iraq. At the time of his death, he was President of the Foreign Policy Centre and a vice-presid...