Loose cannon puts convictions ahead of career

CLARE SHORT has never shied away from voicing her blunt opinions — even at the cost of her own career.

Her description of British Prime Minister Tony Blair as “reckless” in the run-up to the Gulf War eventually led to her own resignation and her revelations yesterday will come as no surprise to those who regard her as a loose cannon.

Ms Short was born in Birmingham on February 15, 1946 and was educated at St Paul’s Grammar School, Birmingham, and at the Universities of Keele and Leeds. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.