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10 quotes by Douglas Alexander

The Right Honourable Douglas Alexander MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Incumbent Assumed office 20 January 2011 Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Yvette Cooper Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions In office 8 October 2010 – 20 January 2011 Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Yvette Cooper Succeeded by Liam Byrne Secretary of State for International Development In office 28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by...
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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... →

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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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There's no doubt that what has emerged in the years after 9/11, unlike the situation in Britain, there were practices sanctioned in the U.S. that... →

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Change is a process: future is a destination. People want a sense of hope, possibility and pride about Britain.

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Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe... →

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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.... →

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Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we're talking about.

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If you talk to most people under 30, they don't read a newspaper.

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In an era of billion-person countries and trillion-pound economies, we need to find ways to amplify our voice. We are most likely to be heard when... →

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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... →

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