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==External links== {{Wikisource author}} * [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicsobituaries/page/0,1441,1544826,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Special Report: Robin Cook (1946β2005)] * {{Hansard-contribs|mr-robin-cook|Robin Cook}} * [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/robin_cook/livingston TheyWorkForYou.com – Robin Cook MP] * [https://www.theguardian.com/indonesia/Story/0,2763,190889,00.html Cook's "ethical foreign policy" speech], 12 May 1997 * [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030317/debtext/30317-33.htm Text of Cook's resignation statement in the House of Commons], 17 March 2003 * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/historic_moments/newsid_8183000/8183766.stm Video of Cook's resignation statement in the House of Commons, on the BBC Democracy Live website], 17 March 2003 * [//www.youtube.com/profile?user=setfree69 The Fruitceller 2 β A huge Video Archive for the Anti-War Movement Contains video of Robin Cooks resignation speech AND the Arms to Iraq Enquiry] * {{C-SPAN|25833}} '''Articles''' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140711134119/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/apr/19/race.britishidentity Robin Cook's chicken tikka masala speech], Robin Cook, [[The Guardian]], 19 April 2001. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070521035453/http://www.labour.ie/campaigns/listing/20060727132311.html "Obituary: Remembering Robin Cook One year on"] from [[Labour Party (Ireland)]] * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4127676.stm "Obituary: Robin Cook"] from [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC News]] * [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicsobituaries/story/0,1441,1544701,00.html "Obituary: Robin Cook"] from ''The Guardian'' * [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,9061,916123,00.html Cook resigns from cabinet over Iraq], Matthew Tempest, [[The Guardian]], 17 March 2003 * [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/2001review/story/0,1590,617634,00.html "The sacrifice"], Kamal Ahmed, ''[[The Observer]]'', 10 June 2001 * [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/08/july7.development "The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means"], Robin Cook, ''The Guardian'', 8 July 2005 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20151118143226/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jul/29/labour.politicalcolumnists "Worse than irrelevant"], Robin Cook's last article, ''The Guardian'', 29 July 2005 * [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/story/0,,1837778,00.html From the Lords to Lebanon, Labour misses Robin Cook], David Clark, ''The Guardian'', 5 August 2006. {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef|before=[[Tom Oswald]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Edinburgh Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Central]]|years=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]β[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]}} {{s-aft|after=[[Alexander Fletcher (British politician)|Alexander Fletcher]]}} |- {{s-new|constituency}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Member of 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