Michael Bates, Baron Bates
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Michael Walton Bates, Baron Bates is a British Conservative Party politician. He has served in the House of Lords since 2008, having previously represented the constituency of Langbaurgh in the House
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Lord Bates walking into Trafalgar Square, London, after taking nearly six-and-a-half million steps in a 3,000-mile walk across Europe to raise awareness of the UN resolution on the Olympic Truce (2012).
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The Olympic Truce is a tradition originating from ancient Greece that dates back to 776 BC. A "truce" was announced before and during the Olympic Games to ensure the host city state was not attacked a
Michael Bates, Baron Bates
…March 2016, he resigned as Minister of State in order to undertake a 2000-mile solo walk from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro to raise awareness of the Olympic Truce. He returned to government as a Minister of State in the Department for International Development in October 2016. He offered his resignation on 31…
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