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...John Schlesinger’s hip but mournful Darling is another dispatch from swinging, fashionable London about a beautiful young girl being used, abused and drained — albeit metaphorically — of life....
...It begins like Fargo crossbred with Shaun of the Dead....
...Peter Stormonth Darling, former chairman of investment group MAM, put it strongly....
...As an exploration of the “desert religions” and of Rodriguez’s own relationship with the women who raised him, Darling is a revelation....
...Some are keen for the departure of Shaun Woodward, shadow Northern Ireland secretary; but he is still valued for his strategic brain and Stormont experience....
...Altai, by Wu Ming, translated by Shaun Whiteside, Verso, RRP£16.99, 272 pages Italy’s mischievous literary collective returns with a 16th-century epic about a Venetian spycatcher whose quest takes him from...
...Instead of focusing his conference speech on an ideological assault on the government (which is apparently the advice being given by Shaun Woodward, the Labour MP and former Tory strategist) he could challenge...
...After four years on Savile Row he set off for Milan with a one-way ticket and an ambition to work for Romeo Gigli, then the darling of the fashion world, which he succeeded in doing....
...Alistair Darling: Surely if we win the general election this will come back to haunt us? Cabinet (together): We won’t. Shaun Woodward: I still think we need something stronger....
...Alistair Darling: Surely if we win the general election this will come back to haunt us? Cabinet ( together ): We won’t. Shaun Woodward: I still think we need something stronger....
...Shaun Woodward, the Northern Ireland secretary, was identified in Sunday newspapers as being the author of Mr Brown’s strategy, which some Labour MPs believe is outdated....
...Harman QC MP First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Lord President of the Council The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson Chancellor of the Exchequer The Rt Hon Alistair Darling...
...The extent of Mr Brown’s reshuffle depends on whether he feels strong enough to remove Mr Darling....
...“[Alistair] Darling has missed an opportunity to establish real help for UK companies supplying UK companies,” he said....
...Darling defied Brown last night, telling him that he would refuse to move as chancellor....
...He said the forecasts of Alistair Darling, chancellor, of a return to growth this year were “on target”....
...Mr Brown’s spokesman said BBC speculation about Mr Darling being ejected from the Treasury was “complete nonsense”....
...(Including Caroline Flint, Andy Burnham, Jacqui Smith, Paul Murphy and Shaun Woodward). While the Tory frontbench, and all Liberal Democrats, supported change....
...The prime minister’s team encouraged cabinet ministers to respond to a Mail on Sunday poll seeking to establish whether they thought he could win the next election; Ruth Kelly, Alan Johnson, Shaun Woodward...
...The new nations secretary would deal with Westminster’s relations with the devolved administrations in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, while Paul Murphy, Welsh secretary, and Shaun Woodward, Northern Ireland...
...As Alistair Darling, the chancellor, was ordering civil service belt-tightening on Tuesday, some in Whitehall were mooting a novel scheme for cutting government costs at a stroke: start sacking junior ministers...
...But about the nearest Mr Brown has got to non-Labour cabinet representation is the surprising promotion of the lightweight Shaun Woodward, a 1999 defector from the Tories, to Northern Ireland secretary....
...Gordon Brown will on Thursday unveil a radically reshaped Labour cabinet that looks set to see his long-standing ally Alistair Darling appointed chancellor of the exchequer and David Miliband promoted to...
...CABINET Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil ServiceThe Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP Chancellor of the ExchequerThe Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP Secretary of State for Foreign...
...David Blunkett MP Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland The Rt Hon Alistair Darling...
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