Douglas Alexander Quotes
It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.
Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we're talking about.
There are genuine questions to be asked about why we now have the highest level of employment in many decades, contrary to the position during the boom-bust years of the Conservatives.
Change is a process: future is a destination. People want a sense of hope, possibility and pride about Britain.
What we are going to offer is not a one-way communication, but one-to-one communication.
Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.
We can have enhanced devolution - greater powers in Scotland - but within the strength, security and stability of the United Kingdom, and I think that's what most Scots want.
My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.
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.
Under Ed Miliband's leadership, we are changing both our party's structures and culture.
The Commonwealth is a vital and positive partnership between countries striving to develop trade relations and promote democracy and human rights, united by shared values.
Of course we need to show we are a genuine alternative to an unpopular, Conservative-led government. But we need to set ourselves a higher standard than a party offering anger like UKIP.
