Douglas Alexander Quotes
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Part of the reason I am so evangelical in our campaigning work is that I had an unshakeable faith in Labour values, but we needed a machine worthy of the message. I grew up with a peerless Conservative machine, with vastly superior resources.
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One of the big weaknesses of the Conservative Party is not just their ignorance of and lack of effective response to the cost-of-living crisis but a more fundamental error about what makes for success in the 21st century.
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The Network Generation are secure in, and proud of, their Scottishness. Unlike my generation that grew up in the '80s, they don't see our sense of identity as under threat.
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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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A politics that defines itself by difference holds no appeal for me.
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I'm in agreement with David Miliband when he says our generation of Labour politicians are not willing to hand over the direction of the country without a serious electoral fight.
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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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My general approach to opposition is where the government is getting something right, we should say so. And where we disagree with them, we should say so, too.
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What people want is a sense of a better future to come.
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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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Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.
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As Scots - like everyone else - we live in an increasingly inter-connected world that demands shared solutions to shared problems. Walking away from others have never been our way. Walking with others has been our heritage and still represents our best future.
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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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Under Ed Miliband's leadership, we are changing both our party's structures and culture.
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The Olympics is a time primarily for sport and celebration, but diplomacy does not stop at the door of the U.N., and for it to work, it must be sustained and consistent.
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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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Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we're talking about.
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The Nationalists peddle a misplaced cultural conceit that holds that everyone south of the Solway Firth is an austerity loving Tory.
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A self-evidently confident politician, Cameron still suffers from a curious hollowness. Ten years after he became Conservative leader, many people still question what he actually stands for or believes in.
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The depth of concern people feel about UKIP is not always matched by depth of understanding.
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It seems to me that the Conservatives neither recognise the scale of the living standards crisis facing British families nor offer credible answers as to how the British economy or British society can be better in the future.
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Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.
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The Conservatives are so busy focusing on yesterday, they're not focused on tomorrow... on how elections are won in the 21st century.
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Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments.