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    However, a spokesman for Scottish Labour dismissed any threat to Mr Darling's seat and said the "David Cameron effect" had not registered in Scotland. "Alistair Darling is a remarkably well-regarded MP here in Edinburgh" he said. "The reality is that David Cameron's Conservatives are less popular in Scotland than even Mrs Thatcher was." Full Article at Edinburgh Daily News
    Alistair Darling is a remarkably well-regarded MP here in Edinburgh
    SOURCE: Edinburgh Daily News 2 months ago
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Darling's in Brighton … so Tories launch Operation Get Alistair right in his backyard
  1. The reality is that David Cameron's Conservatives are less popular in Scotland than even Mrs Thatcher was.
    SOURCE: Edinburgh Daily News 2 months ago
  2. The Chancellor faces the same problem. The mood is very positive for change. I would have some sympathy with him if he lost, but I would not be disappointed.
    SOURCE: Edinburgh Daily News 2 months ago
  3. It is always symbolic when a senior figure is defeated ... In Alistair Darling's case, the fact that he is Chancellor would make it even more so. But the important thing for us is that it is part of a cumulative number of seats where we get in good Conservative candidates as MPs.
    SOURCE: Edinburgh Daily News 2 months ago
  4. Despite being foreign secretary, I was swept out (of Edinburgh Pentlands] because of the national mood for change in 1997
    – Sir Malcolm Rifkind SOURCE: Edinburgh Daily News 2 months ago

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