Posts Tagged ‘alistair’

Unite to win Scots vote – Darling

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Former chancellor Alistair Darling urges Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems to work together to defeat those pushing for Scottish independence.

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Unite to win Scots vote – Darling

VIDEO: Osborne warns of Darling memoir backlash

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Chancellor George Osborne has warned Labour to expect a political backlash from the publication of Alistair Darling’s memoirs.

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VIDEO: Osborne warns of Darling memoir backlash

UK sorrow over NZ soldier’s death

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

Minister Alistair Burt says he is “deeply saddened” by the death of a New Zealand special forces soldier during an attack on the British Council in Kabul.

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UK sorrow over NZ soldier’s death

AUDIO: Stranded couple confront minister

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Pat and Andy Aseehusen, who were stranded in Libya, have confronted Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt.

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AUDIO: Stranded couple confront minister

Irish Author Wins Bad Sex Award

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

So is this good for a writer’s sex life? The 18th annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award has been given to Rowan Somerville, an Irish author. Somerville beat Jonathan Franzen, Christos Tsiolkas and former Labour Party flack Alistair Campbell, among others, to…

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Darling: We can’t ignore deficit

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Ex-chancellor Alistair Darling defends his deficit-cutting strategy in his farewell speech to the Labour conference as a front bencher.

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Darling: We can’t ignore deficit

Darling admits deficit ‘failings’

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Former chancellor Alistair Darling will blame Labour’s election defeat on the failure to talk openly about the deficit.

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"RBS was two hours from collapse"

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Former chancellor Alistair Darling describes how RBS was “a couple of hours” from collapse in 2008

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"RBS was two hours from collapse"