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.
The global economy is spluttering back into life. The Tories would have left it to choke to death. - Alistair Darling
The global economy is spluttering back into life. The Tories would have left it to choke to death.
- Alistair Darling
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… - Alistair Darling
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…
We can't be in the business of carting fresh air around the country. - Alistair Darling
We can't be in the business of carting fresh air around the country.
Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy. - Alistair Darling
Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.
On top of that, we have a healthy and stable economy and an end to the boom and bust that characterised the Tory years. - Alistair Darling
On top of that, we have a healthy and stable economy and an end to the boom and bust that characterised the Tory years.
Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery. - Alistair Darling
Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.
The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could. - Alistair Darling
The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could.
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… - Alistair Darling
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…
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 electricit… - Alistair Darling
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 electricit…
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