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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approach sensible
We'll set our approach to borrowing, to spending, to taxation, in a sensible way on a sensible timescale.
reveal themselves
Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments.
conceit holds misplaced south
The Nationalists peddle a misplaced cultural conceit that holds that everyone south of the Solway Firth is an austerity loving Tory.
connected fingertips generation grown network programmes quaint suit time tv twitter via watching
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.
applying communication obama recent understood
Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.