British - Politician | October 26, 1967 - 3
Scotland and England may sometimes be rivals, but by geography, we are also neighbours. By history, allies. By economics, partners. And by fate and fortune, comrades, friends and family.
Douglas Alexander
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What people want is a sense of a better future to come.
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Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.
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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 the Chinese negotiate with a £10 trillion E.U., not a £1.5 trillion Britain.
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As shadow foreign secretary, I have been as clear in my support for the government when it does something we agree with as I am in highlighting that which we oppose.
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Politics requires the sense of possibility. Dare I say it - the audacity of hope.
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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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If you talk to most people under 30, they don't read a newspaper.
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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 fall far below the standard of conduct that should have taken place. It is for the American system of government, in all of its branches, to address that. It is not for a British politician.
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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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Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we're talking about.
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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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