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    started calling himself Jack while in school, in reference to Jack Straw, one of the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Straw is of 1/8th Jewish descent...
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  • "Jack Straw" is a rock song written by Bob Weir and Robert Hunter. The track appeared on the album Europe '72 by the Grateful Dead, who frequently performed...
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  • Jack Straw (probably the same person as John Rakestraw or Rackstraw) was one of the three leaders (together with John Ball and Wat Tyler) of the Peasants'...
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  • Jack Straw (born 1946) is a British politician. Jack Straw may also refer to: Jack Straw (rebel leader) (died 1381), leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt...
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  • member of the European Union. Straw was born in Lambeth, London in 1980. His parents are Alice Perkins and Jack Straw. He attended the comprehensive...
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  • Jack Straw's Castle may refer to: a place associated with Jack Straw's Lane, Oxfordshire Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead This disambiguation page lists...
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    Wilson Ministry Brian Abel-Smith Joe Haines Jack Straw Callaghan Ministry Roger Liddle Tom McCaffrey Jack Straw Thatcher Ministry Guy Black Chris Butler...
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    of Jack Straw, possibly written by George Peele and probably originally designed for production in the city's guild pageants. It portrays Jack Straw as...
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  • and Death of Jack Straw is a late 16th-century play, possibly written by playwright George Peele. The play tells the story of Jack Straw, a rebel leader...
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  • signed on at 107.7 MHz. This Seattle radio station, later owned by the Jack Straw Memorial Foundation, provided an eclectic mix of jazz, world music, Pacifica...
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    represented by Kate Hollern of the Labour Party and, from 1979 to 2015, by Jack Straw who served under the Labour leaders of Neil Kinnock and John Smith and...
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    publicly stated objective of successive Spanish governments. In July 2001, Jack Straw, the British Foreign Secretary, began discussing the future of Gibraltar...
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    Affairs and Lord Chancellor), to the Leader of the House of Commons, Jack Straw. Jack Straw now faced an enormous challenge. Although seen as very modest reforms...
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    Jack Straw's Castle is a Grade II listed building and former public house on North End Way, Hampstead, north-west London, England close to the junction...
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  • Straw included the Bar Council. He also pointed out that Mrs Thatcher had said, "I trust Jack Straw. He is a very fair man." The motion revoked Jack Straw's...
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    Jack Straw is a 1920 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. William C. deMille directed the...
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    selected, using an all-women shortlist, to succeed former cabinet minister Jack Straw as the Labour candidate for Blackburn. At the 2015 general election, Hollern...
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  • In May 1997, when the Labour Party came into office, Home Secretary Jack Straw ordered an investigation. It was performed by Lord Justice Stuart-Smith...
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    of clubs (playing card), jack straw (scarecrow), jack tar (sailor), jack-in-the-box, jack-of-all-trades, Jack the lad, jack o'lantern, jackdaw, jackhammer...
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    important moments in the modern history of criminal justice in Britain". Jack Straw said that ordering the inquiry was the most important decision he made...
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    Tyler as protagonist. Tyler was the protagonist of the play Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, or, The Mob Reformers (1730) first performed at Bartholomew Fair in 1730...
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    the other lords commissioners wear bicorne hats. During the period that Jack Straw, an MP, was lord chancellor, he was officially named as one of the lords...
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    by a "cabal" of Jewish advisers, including Levy, Peter Mandelson and Jack Straw (the last two are not Jewish but have some Jewish ancestry). Blair, on...
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    that this was to avoid any potential conflict of interest after her husband Jack Dromey, the Treasurer of the Labour Party, announced that he would be investigating...
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    magistrates) was ended in 2009 by Justice Secretary Jack Straw (who had initiated the requirement in the 1990s). Straw stated that the rule was considered disproportionate...
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    corporations, or local authorities. On 3 July 2007, the Justice Secretary Jack Straw laid a green paper before Parliament entitled The Governance of Britain...
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    "solution", not the "problem"; Home Secretary Smith, Justice Secretary Jack Straw, Schools Secretary Ed Balls and Cabinet Office Minister Ed Miliband all...
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  • Barred straw, a moth Soda straw or straw, a mineral Straw underwing, a moth Ezekiel A. Straw (1819–1882), American business manager and politician Jack Straw...
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  • Secretary Jack Straw granted Shields a full Royal Pardon, citing evidence that had only recently been brought to his attention. However, Straw refused to...
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    it had previously investigated Labour Party ministers Peter Mandelson, Jack Straw and Harriet Harman. Kane was born in Middlesbrough, England. When she...
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