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	Alistair Darling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Right Honourable Alistair Maclean Darling (born November 28, 1953, London) is a British politician for the Labour Party, and is Secretary of State for Transport and separately Secretary of State for Scotland.
		Darling headed the department, but was transferred to Transport in May 2002, when his predecessor Stephen Byers resigned after a great deal of criticism.
		Darling was given a brief to "take the department out of the headlines" and was widely considered to have achieved this.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alastair_Darling (287 words)

	Alastair Sim (1900-1976)
		Alastair went to school in Bruntisfield and to Gillespie's School, where his father was a JP and a governor of the school.
		Alastair had a cameo as a phony medium duping a gullible old lady who is trying to communicate with the spirit of the father of Edward Everett Horton, a mild mannered and naive reverend who is the new secretary of a country squire.
		Alastair has several wonderful scenes, including one where he's in the lair of the gang and, answering the phone, pretends to be one of them, not realizing Inspector Hornleigh is on the other end of the line, disguising his voice.
	www.bestweb.net /~foosie/sim.htm (8241 words)

	BBC Online - On The Record - Interviews
		DARLING: What I've said many times is that on the information we have got at the moment the pension will rise by at least two pounds for a single pensioner, over three pounds for a pensioner couple.
		DARLING: No, what I've said is that on the information available to us now the RPI increase would mean that pensioners, a single pensioner would get at least two pounds and pensioner couples three pounds...
		DARLING: The hundred and fifty pounds going into fuel payment is paid before Christmas, it's not taxable, it isn't taken account from benefits which it would be if you lumped it into the pension income generally.
	www.bbc.co.uk /otr/intext/20000514_int_1.html (2848 words)

	Political Satire and Humour \| UK Department of Social Scrutiny
		Alastair Darling, the Secretary of State for Transport is championing a bold new move to split all the rail infrastructure currently under the control of Network Rail "straight down the middle" in talks between the state-owned business and train operating companies later today.
		Under Alastair Darling's plans, stations will be leased out to a holding company which is 51% owned by the Treasury with minority shares issued to a rail regulator drawn randomly from a hat at midnight on the 23rd Sunday of the year.
		Speaking at the launch of his plans, Alastair Darling said the proposals represented "a fantastic simplification of the current system, which is old and therefore bad".
	www.socialscrutiny.org /comments.php?id=117_0_1_0_C (316 words)

	Guardian \| It's the car, stupid
		Alastair Darling, the secretary of state for transport, must be one of the few cabinet members whose job would be made easier if Britain were to slip into recession.
		Mr Darling's criticism of London's proposed £5-a-day charge to enter the city centre has more to do with Labour's hardening opposition to Ken Livingstone's mayoralty than a major policy shift.
		Unless Mr Darling acts it will be a case of jam today and jam tomorrow.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4525753-103682,00.html (601 words)

	alwaystouchout.com - National road user charging
		Alastair Darling has said that the Government would not need to install its own tracking equipment in cars as part of its plans to introduce satellite-based congestion charging across the country.
		Transport secretary Alastair Darling has outlined proposals for a nationwide road user charging scheme, where drivers would have satellite tracking devices installed in their cars, and would be charged between 2p and £1.34p per mile depending on the roads they drove on.
		In the transport review, Alastair Darling backed the principle of a national road user charging scheme in principle but said that it was too large in scope to proceed with all at once; instead he gave his backing to starting with local schemes.
	www.alwaystouchout.com /project/83 (1182 words)

	PMOS morning briefing - 13 June
		The PMOS said he couldn't give a precise breakdown of Alastair Darling's schedule and it would be wrong to do so but clearly the Prime Minister believed these two roles could be combined now devolution was up and running.
		Questioned further on whether the post would remain with Alastair Darling if he moved away from Transport the PMOS said that one of the reasons Alastair Darling was made Secretary of State for Scotland was that he was Scottish.
		Alastair Darling would continue to have a team under him working hard on issues and challenges such as the decades of under investment and the fragmentation of the railways, which the government was trying to address.
	www.pm.gov.uk /output/Page3916.asp (2001 words)

	ABD Press Release - Darling's Satellite Road Pricing Scheme is a White Elephant, a Trojan Horse and a Red Herring, say ...
		"Darling is trying to wave a magic wand at this mess," continued Humphries.
		Darling`s scheme involves charging differing amounts per mile with the stated aim of discouraging motorists from using the roads at busy times.
		Darling and his advisors simply haven`t thought these problems through.
	www.abd.org.uk /pr/445.htm (738 words)

	No Runway 3
		The Secretary of State for Transport, Alastair Darling, today announced to the House of Commons that the government had decided that there would be no third runway in the immediate future because of the doubt about achieving the minimum air quality standards at Heathrow.
		He reminded the House that the previous Conservative government appeared to have no air transport policy and that it was an initiative from BAA to request planning permission for T5, with no prior consultation or involvement by government.
		"I also asked Alastair Darling that, if there was to be an attempt to gain additional runway capacity by mixed mode, it was essential that he consulted carefully and that it was unacceptable to allow planes to take off to the east on the northern runway.
	www.alankeen.com /Library/pr_2003_12_r3.htm (222 words)

	Derek Jameson - We're not all Victor Meldrews
		I blame the media - programme makers and editors - who cultivate a younger audience out of some misbegotten belief that their older viewers or readers are about to "fall over the edge," as they quaintly put it.
		Alastair Darling wants Greg Dyke, director-general of the BBC, to promote a more positive image of the over-50s.
		Then we were known as 'the old,' followed by 'elderly' and eventually the more politically correct 'senior citizens.' Now the over-55s are described as 'grey' people, which must be the worst appendage of the lot (apart from 'wrinklies').
	www.retirement-matters.co.uk /dj/djmeldrew.htm (555 words)

	NEXUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Transport Secretary Alastair Darling today (Monday, March 29, 2004) saw for himself the benefits of integrated public transport on his first ministerial visit to Tyne and Wear.
		Mr Darling was in Gateshead to declare the £8.5m facility officially open before taking a "Bendy Bus" to the MetroCentre to see for himself the CentreLink bus corridor, designed to speed up bus travel in the area and attract more people onto public transport.
		Mr Darling was speaking after a brief tour of the interchange, during which he was shown a touch-screen electronic passenger information board by Nexus Travelshop assistant, Laura Provaz, 20.
	www.tyneandwearmetro.co.uk /news_detail.asp?NewsID=400 (365 words)

	Britain: Labour's privatisation of roads
		The private toll road would, he said, extend to motorists the “choice” that was now being extended to parents in their choice of schools for their children or to patients for their hospital treatment.
		For the mass of the population, it means ever-greater rises in the cost of living (particularly for the poorest families for whom transport is one of the largest costs), the daily misery of gridlock in the most car-dependent country in Europe, and threats to health and the environment.
		Darling proposes a 51-mile toll motorway to run alongside the existing M6 motorway between Birmingham and Manchester, to relieve congestion along the route that carries 140,000 vehicles a day.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/jul2004/road-j22_prn.shtml (1567 words)

	Press Release July 04 Manchester Calls For Resignation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Following the meeting, councillors reconvened in Manchester’s St Peter’s Square for a full City Council meeting at which the Lord Mayor’s throne was placed on the Metrolink platform in a symbolic gesture of defiance at the Government’s decision.
		Council leader, Councillor Richard Leese, challenged Alastair Darling to visit Manchester and “feel the people’s wrath” and he called for support for a Manchester wide “Back on Track” campaign.
		Manchester City Council’s Executive Member for Planning and Environment, Councillor Neil Swannick, said: “It is ironic that Alastair Darling acknowledged in his speech yesterday that Manchester’s Metrolink had been extremely successful and then announced in his next sentence that funding would not be forthcoming for its extension.
	www.manchester.gov.uk /news/2004/july/resign.htm (422 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Scheme to make Channel safer
		Transport secretary Alastair Darling viewed the system in action on Monday when he officially opened a £4m refurbishment of the coastguard building in Dover.
		The stretch of water between Kent and the north French coast is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
		Mr Darling was also shown around the control room at the port of Dover and saw the crew of an RAF Sea King helicopter demonstrate a cliff rescue operation.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/3021703.stm (456 words)

	ABD Press Release - ABD calls for an end to Speed Camera Secrecy - 2003-11-30
		The transport secretary Alastair Darling has asked the public to inform him of any cameras which are failing to reduce accidents.
		When the truth has been established, Mr Darling should act immediately to compel partnerships and authorities to immediately remove any cameras that have failed to reduce accidents or are positioned where no accidents primarily caused by excess speed have occurred.
		"If Alastair Darling wants the public to inform him about speed cameras, he needs to ensure that the public are informed of the truth with no masking of the facts.
	www.abd.org.uk /pr/382.htm (582 words)

	BBC Online - On The Record - Interviews
		I'll be asking the Social Security Secretary, Alastair Darling to justify it.
		We'll be reporting on the state of our manufacturing industry and asking why the government isn't doing more to help.
		HUMPHRYS: Alastair Darling, thank you very much indeed.
	www.bbc.co.uk /otr/intext/20000514_whole.html (7684 words)

	edie news centre - Transport plans pave way for nationwide road tolls and congestion charging
		Transport Secretary Alastair Darling unveiled the government's strategy for the future of transport this week, including proposals for road tolls for motorists across the country as well as the go-ahead for London's Crossrail project.
		Mr Darling said that the The Future of Transport White Paper would maximise the benefits of transport while minimising the negative impact on people and the environment.
		Instead, Mr Darling warned motorists that they could pay up to £1.30 per mile in a nationwide road-user charging scheme in place of current road taxes and fuel duty.
	www.edie.net /news/news_story.asp?id=8646 (761 words)

	New airports to consider green issues? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Despite factors such as noise pollution, land usage and alternative modes of public transport being taken into account, the predicted rise in air travel will also signify an increase in fuel-related emissions.
		The recent increase in demand for air travel has prompted the proposed development, to the dismay of environmentalists.
		Mr Darling said in a statement; “Air travel is crucial to our expanding economy and we need to plan for the future.
	www.greenconsumerguide.com /news690.html (245 words)

	Alastair Darling visit - Michael Foster - MP for Hastings and Rye
		Alastair Darling visit - Michael Foster - MP for Hastings and Rye
		Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling met with Michael Foster MP and the local business community on the 19th of January to learn more about the needs of Hastings and Rye.
		Everyone agreed that there was cause to celebrate the recent link road decision but that still more needed to be done if the regeneration of Hastings was really to take off.
	www.michaelfoster.labour.co.uk /ViewPage.cfm?Action=LargeText&Page=10212 (202 words)

	New Tyne Crossings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		"Mr Darling's proposals contradict the claims of the supporters of the proposed tunnel, particularly local MP Stephen Hepburn, who pledged that it was designed for local traffic and that it would not attract through vehicles.
		Alastair Darling's comments widely reported in the press.
		The total cost of the tunnel project at 1999 estimates is given by the PTA as £139 million.
	www.tyne-crossings.org /press_a19_upgrades.htm (481 words)

	Smithers & Co. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It's not only the House of Lords that wanted to throw it out, but it was attacked by Frank Field and other Labour MPs in the Commons.
		Alastair Darling wants means tests for those receiving incapacity benefits.
		Alastair Darling is particularly fond of this approach.
	www.smithers.co.uk /esnews.shtml?102 (534 words)

	Alastair Darling opens transport police HQ < News < London SE1
		Alastair Darling visited London Bridge Street on Thursday to open the British Transport Police's new London South area headquarters.
		Over three floors, Ivason House, formerly part of Guy's Hospital, houses the area commander and senior team, crime management centre, where all reported crimes are inputted and tracked, the case building team, which conducts follow up enquiries on crimes, the central London operations department, CID, crime reduction department, training department and other support units.
		Alistair Darling added: "It is crucial that the London South BTP have good facilities in which to conduct their work as a quarter of recorded crime and almost half of all robberies occur in this region.
	www.london-se1.co.uk /news/view.php?ArtID=1500 (349 words)

	PMOS afternoon briefing - 12 June
		Asked who would have responsibility for dealing with the devolved administration Welsh and Scottish office the PMOS told journalists that the administrative functions of the two offices would be taken into the new department and in day to day terms that would be the main channel of communication.
		In terms of who would have accountability to parliament and speak in Cabinet it would be Alastair Darling for Scotland and Peter Hain for Wales.
		Asked if the changes would represent the diminution of Scottish and Welsh representation in parliament given that they would only have "part-time ministers" the PMOS said that it was precisely because of the parliamentary issues that we would have Alastair Darling and Peter Hain speaking in the Commons on Scotland and Wales.
	www.pm.gov.uk /output/Page3895.asp (1121 words)

	Inside Bikes News
		News that Transport Secretary Alastair Darling is considering a new ‘congestion-busting carpool lane on the M25’ has led to the British Motorcyclists Federation asking that motorcycles be included in such a scheme.
		Following approaches from the BMF over the trial of a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane on the M1, the Highways Agency confirmed that motorcycles would be allowed in these lanes, so despite the subtle name change to ‘carpool lane’, the BMF still expects the same rule to apply.
		The section of motorway under consideration is already being widened to provide either five or six lanes in each direction and the carpool lane could help make the best possible use of this additional capacity say the Highways Agency.
	www.insidebikes.com /news/archives_2000/news_details.asp?id=3795 (262 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		Railway stations will be closed and passengers moved on to buses if they do not attract enough travellers, Alastair Darling, the Transport Secretary, said yesterday.
		Warning that the Government was "not in the business of carting around fresh air", he made clear that it could not be expected to provide endless subsidies for services used by only a handful of people.
		Mr Darling's officials would not confirm which routes could be at risk, although major question marks have been drawn over a number of services in the West Midlands, which have been suspended during work to upgrade the west coast main line.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/10/ntrain10.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/03/10/ixhome.html (529 words)

	New Tyne Crossings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Tyne Crossings Alliance, which is campaigning against the construction of a second Tyne road tunnel, says that the PTA's claims that the construction of the tunnel would be wholly financed through a private finance initiative (PFI) does not show the whole picture.
		People can expose the fallacies in the PTA's arguments by convincing Alastair Darling MP, the Secretary of State for Transport, to call for a Public Inquiry.
		Darling at the Department of Transport stating their objections.
	www.tyne-crossings.org /press_tunnel_finance.htm (412 words)

	Chapter 2: Elena III—Helpless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Alastair sighed, pursed his lips which were faintly tinted, his eyes were lined with dark make-up; all the young men were wearing it now.
		Alastair you should have seen his face the first time I played and danced for him, you should have.”
		His large hands were around the blonde’s slim waist now, he was rocking her back and forth, not dancing so much as screwing her in public.
	www.geocities.com /sportsfics/ElenaIII.html (2220 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Opinion - Letters - Darling charging ahead regardless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In my opinion the primary responsibility falls not with the local council but with none other than Edinburgh Central MP Alastair Darling.
		It was Alastair Darling who piloted the Transport Act 2000 through Parliament which gave Edinburgh Council the opportunity to introduce a local congestion charge.
		It is also Alastair Darling who, despite the Edinburgh referendum, is still planning to foist a congestion charge on the entire nation (including Edinburgh) by 2015.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /letters.cfm?id=410822005 (156 words)

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