"Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it would be fatal to retreat into the same arguments and begin the battle anew."

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Source : "Labour's mature patriotism over Europe" by Douglas Alexander, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2011.

Douglas Alexander

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“Once everyone else around you starts to become incredibly comfortable - if anything, quite happy with what you are doing - then I start to settling in and trusting all those choices that I've made up to that point”
“If it's a good LP, you'll get that tingle that makes you put it on again no matter what your initial reaction was. On the other hand, if you don't get that tingle, you'd better take it straight down to the record exchange.”
“When I was a kid I used to hate getting picked for team sports. It would be the fit and sporty guys over there. And me and the fat kids over here. Those kids were fat! One girl had to be cut out a hula hoop.”
“The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you write a bad sentence on the computer, then it's very tempting to go back and fidget with it and spend another 20 minutes trying to make it into a good sentence.”
“Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.”
“The remarkable thing about Hitler was his talent for dissimulation. His formidable abilities as an actor are often overlooked. There are only very rarely situations where we can say he was being genuine.”
“I drink to excess, I gamble to excess, but everyone knows it, so it's not a big deal.”
“In Unity there is strength; We can move mountains when we're united and enjoy life - Without unity we are victims. Stay united.”

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