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Alistair Darling

Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, PC (born 28 November 1953) is a Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 2007-2010 and as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 until he stepped down in 2015, most recently for Edinburgh South West. He was one of only three people to have served in the Cabinet continuously from Labour's landslide victory at the 1997 general election until their defeat at the 2010 general election; the other two were Gordon Brown and Jack Straw.

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The economic times we are facing. . . are arguably the worst they've been in 60 years. And I think it's going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought.

Economic, Long, Thinking, Thought, Worst, Years

As I said, there are two approaches-first, a strong economy, stability and helping families or, secondly, the Tory cuts, the undermining of stability, and a return to the boom and bust of the 1990s.

Cuts, Cutting, Families, Strong, Two, Undermining

We were at the stage where in a very short period of time, one of the world's biggest banks would have to shut the door and switch off the electricity.

Doors, Electricity, Short, Stage, Time, World

We can't be in the business of carting fresh air around the country.

Air, Business, Carting, Country, Fresh

The key thing that went wrong was that a culture was allowed to develop where the relationship between what people did and what they got went way out of alignment, especially at the top end.

Alignment, Business, Culture, Keys, People, Wrong

On top of that, we have a healthy and stable economy and an end to the boom and bust that characterised the Tory years.

Boom, Economy, Healthy, Stable, Years

The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could.

Course, Courses, Scotland, Separate, State, States

Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.

Cutting, Fragile, Recovery, Risk, Risks

Tory plans to cut 'further and faster' would wreck recovery and roll back Labour's many successes.

Cutting, Further, Recovery, Successes, Tory, Wrecks

Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.

Finance, Goal, Make, Master, Real, Servant

The global economy is spluttering back into life. The Tories would have left it to choke to death.

Choke, Death, Economy, Global, Left, Spluttering