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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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.
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I don't get up in the morning and think my mission is to end Britain. I do get up in the morning and think that my mission is to end poverty.
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David Cameron's approach has left Britain weakened and weary because to retreat from the world is as foolish as it is futile.
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David Cameron wants people to believe that his isolation in Europe is a result of Britain being outnumbered when it matters most.
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David Cameron can change the branding of the party, but he can't change the beliefs.
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Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.
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As Scots, we certainly want change today, but the change the Nationalists offer is not the change we want or need.
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Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.
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A politics that defines itself by difference holds no appeal for me.
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Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.