Darling: Blame Me for Loss ; Minister 'Takes the Bullet' for Brown After Defeat by Lib-Dems

Evening Standard - London › February 10, 2006

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SCOTTISH Secretary Alistair Darling today tried to "take the bullet" for Gordon Brown after the Chancellor was blamed for a disastrous by-election defeat.

Mr Darling said he accepted "entire responsibility" for the campaign in Dunfermline and West Fife that ended in a stunning win for the Liberal Democrats.

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Darling: Blame Me for Loss ; Minister 'Takes the Bullet' for Brown After Defeat by Lib-Dems

However, the Lib-Dems claimed that voters in the normally rock- solid Labour constituency had personally snubbed M...

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