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One of the oddest features of the tributes paid in recent days to Alistair Darling was the prominence given to Gordon Brown.
The former Prime Minister was all over the airwaves honouring Darling, the former Chancellor who died last week aged 70.
This jarred. Anyone who knew Alistair Darling relatively well knew that Gordon Brown made life very difficult for Darling, particularly in the period running up to the financial crisis of 2008.
