ALISTAIR DARLING

(Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish)


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The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could.
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We were at the stage where in a very short period of time, one of the world's biggest banks would have to shut the door and switch off the electricity.
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Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.
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We can't be in the business of carting fresh air around the country.
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Tory plans to cut 'further and faster' would wreck recovery and roll back Labour's many successes.
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The global economy is spluttering back into life. The Tories would have left it to choke to death.
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Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.
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The economic times we are facing... are arguably the worst they've been in 60 years. And I think it's going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought.
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Alistair Darling
  • Born: November 28, 1953
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Politician
Biography

Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, PC is a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 2007 to 2010 and as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 until he stepped down in 2015, most recently for Edinburgh South West. He was one of only three people to have served in the Cabinet continuously from Labour's landslide victory at the 1997 general election until their defeat at the 2010 general election; the other two were Gordon Brown and Jack Straw.

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