Gordon Brown: Alistair Darling 'showed great wisdom in everything he did'
Alistair Darling was the "obvious choice" to be his chancellor said former PM Gordon Brown on appointing him.
Paying tribute to his friend and colleague, Mr Brown said: “In times of crisis, Alistair was the person you would want in the room.”
Mr Darling represented Edinburgh at Westminster and also chaired the Better Together campaign for the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
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