It's a fairly unique position; to have been in charge of pr… - Jonathan Aitken

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It's a fairly unique position; to have been in charge of prison funding and then to have been an inmate. I wish I'd been more generous.

Jonathan Aitken

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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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It's a fairly unique position; to have been in charge of prison funding and then to have been an inmate. I wish I'd been more generous. - Jonathan Aitken

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