U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Second Lord of the Treasury

                   
bbc.co.uk: Alistair Darling bbc.co.uk

Good day Darling?

bbc.co.uk     7 hrs ago   1 related          

Alistair Darling is likely to get a rapturous standing ovation from his Trade Union comrades when he addresses the TUC conference on Tuesday. But only if he does the following: Hands clasping the podium he lambasts the...                    

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Britain: Alistair Darling and the implosion of the Labour government

indybay.org     3 hrs ago          

Saturday, September 6, 2008 :The August 30 Guardian interview with Britains Chancellor Alistair Darling was extraordinary in many respects. In the first place there can be few occasions that so dramatically reveal the...                    

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Harriet Harman struggles for positive notes as Labour fights economic gloom

timesonline.co.uk     23 hrs ago          

Harriet Harman is Yin to Gordon Brown's Yang. While the Labour leader quotes Gertrude Himmelfarb's philosophy on the Enlightenment, his deputy hands out recipes for her “foolproof” asparagus tart. He is a state-educated...                    

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Columnists: Brown’s big ideas are like a damp Hallowe’en rocket

icnetwork.co.uk     yesterday          

Sep 5 2008 Lowri Turner, Western Mail IT feels like Christmas Day as a child. If a PM with his back against the wall, as Gordon Brown has, wasn’t going to do something dramatic, then no-one was. Yet, Brown’s big ideas...                    

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dailymail.co.uk: George Osborne dailymail.co.uk

ANDREW ALEXANDER: The spectre to give Osborne sleepless nights

dailymail.co.uk     04-Sep-2008          

Sleepless nights?: George Osborne could face a tricky position as Chancellor in 2010 A sticking plaster is no cure for a gaping wound and Gordon Brown must know it. No wonder Chancellor Alistair Darling looks even more...                    

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Britain's economy: How bad is it?

economist.com     04-Sep-2008          

Not as wretched as the doomsters claim; but reviving the British economy will take time“THE nine most terrifying words in the English language”, Ronald Reagan is held to have said, “are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m...                    

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Wanted: substance and coherence

newstatesman.co.uk     04-Sep-2008          

The trick for Brown and Darling would be to deliver an old-fashioned autumn statement to lift consumer spirits and boost political confidenceThe narrative of Gordon Brown's ten years as chancellor looked irresistible: ten...                    

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In defence of Alistair Darling

bbc.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   3 related          

I don't want to support or oppose the Chancellor in the substantive claims he made in his now notorious weekend Guardian interview. It's no longer my job to have a view on such matters as whether current economic times...                    

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BBC's Evan Davis blogs a fizzing defence of Alistair Darling

guardian.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

Alistair Darling doesn't write a blog, but he's interested in the internet and he's been known to ask his Treasury staff which websites they bookmark. I hope Evan Davis's blog was on someone's list - because Davis has...                    

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I know where all the bodies are buried

ft.com     03-Sep-2008          

There is speculation that Alistair Darling could be removed during the forthcoming cabinet reshuffle. The thinking is obvious. Arguments over tax policy, the timing of announcements, THAT interview in the Guardian, and...                    

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