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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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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When I joined Labour in 1982, I didn't feel I belonged to a party born to power. My repeated experience was of bitter and repeated defeats.
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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.
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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 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.