Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson. – Douglas Alexander
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. – Douglas Alexander
I’m in agreement with David Miliband when he says our generation of Labour politicians are not willing to hand over the direction of the country without a serious electoral fight. – Douglas Alexander
Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we’re talking about. – Douglas Alexander
It is already clear that, because of advances in technology, drones are going to play an increased role in warfare in the years ahead. It is therefore vital that the legal frameworks governing their use are robust and internationally recognised. – Douglas Alexander
This Network Generation have grown up in a connected world. With Skype, Facebook, Twitter and the Internet, the world is at their fingertips via their smart phone. They find the idea of watching TV programmes at a time to suit the broadcaster quaint and old-fashioned. – Douglas Alexander
It would be wrong for us to offer difference from the Conservative Party at the cost of credibility, but equally it would be wrong to offer credibility at the cost of being clear that there remain very fundamental differences. – Douglas Alexander
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. – Douglas Alexander
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. – Douglas Alexander
Scotland and England may sometimes be rivals, but by geography, we are also neighbours. By history, allies. By economics, partners. And by fate and fortune, comrades, friends and family. – Douglas Alexander
We’ll set our approach to borrowing, to spending, to taxation, in a sensible way on a sensible timescale. – Douglas Alexander
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. – Douglas Alexander
I do think our challenge is to balance credibility and a clear message about how we would reduce the deficit with boldness about the choices that we put before the public. – Douglas Alexander
Of course we are looking to win support across every section of society. We win support by speaking to voters on the issues they most care about. – Douglas Alexander
The Conservatives are so busy focusing on yesterday, they’re not focused on tomorrow… on how elections are won in the 21st century. – Douglas Alexander
What matters in any campaign is that you have a strategic core that makes the judgements, decides the strategy, and can deliver. – Douglas Alexander
The Nationalists peddle a misplaced cultural conceit that holds that everyone south of the Solway Firth is an austerity loving Tory. – Douglas Alexander
Stories come and go. The challenge is to frame the questions that voters will be asking on polling day, such as who has avoided a global depression and worked here to deliver jobs. – Douglas Alexander
A self-evidently confident politician, Cameron still suffers from a curious hollowness. Ten years after he became Conservative leader, many people still question what he actually stands for or believes in. – Douglas Alexander