Douglas Alexander
Douglas Alexander
Douglas Garven Alexanderis a British Labour politician who was the Shadow Foreign Secretary and former Member of Parliamentfor Paisley and Renfrewshire South...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 October 1967
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For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.
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If you talk to most people under 30, they don't read a newspaper.
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Historically, Labour has used technology as a form of control. We would use pagers and faxes to send out messages telling people what line to take. The key learning from the Obama campaign is to use technology to empower your supporters.
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It's important to learn the right lessons from the past.
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It is already clear that, because of advances in technology, drones are going to play an increased role in warfare in the years ahead. It is therefore vital that the legal frameworks governing their use are robust and internationally recognised.
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It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
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There are genuine questions to be asked about why we now have the highest level of employment in many decades, contrary to the position during the boom-bust years of the Conservatives.
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This Network Generation have grown up in a connected world. With Skype, Facebook, Twitter and the Internet, the world is at their fingertips via their smart phone. They find the idea of watching TV programmes at a time to suit the broadcaster quaint and old-fashioned.
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Of course we are looking to win support across every section of society. We win support by speaking to voters on the issues they most care about.
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Most people understand that Lehman Brothers didn't collapse because Gordon Brown built too many schools and hospitals.
Kneejerk interventionism or kneejerk isolationism is the wrong course for Britain.
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In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.
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In every generation, there are horrors that define an age and events that scar the global conscience.
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I think politicians who suggest they are uninterested in the support of newspapers are not being straight with people.