when people will think about alastair - will think about alastair darling, they will think — he's thethey will think — he's the sort of best of politics. softly _ the sort of best of politics. softly spoken, he wasn't big at grandstanding. but always tried to do— grandstanding. but always tried to do the — grandstanding. but always tried to do the right thing.— to do the right thing. darling will likely be _ to do the right thing. darling will likely be most _ to do the right thing. darling i will likely be most remembered for shepherding the british economy through the 2008 global financial crisis. he compared the height of the crisis to being the captain of the titanic, knowing the ship was going down. alastair darling had been suffering from cancer. he was 70. you're watching bbc news. officials from the us and india committed on thursday to investigating allegations that an indian government official directed a plot to assassinate a sikh separatist on us soil. the target of the attack was a vocal critic of the indian government and general counsel for sikhs forjustice, an for sikh

darling.lenys kinnock , and lord james glenys kinnock, and lord james douglas—hamilton . they made each douglas—hamilton. they made each an enormous contribution to pubuc an enormous contribution to public life and will be deeply missed. madam deputy speaker, the hillsborough families have suffered multiple injustices the loss of 97 lives, the blaming of the fans and the unforgivable bill institutional defensiveness by public bodies. i am profoundly sorry for what they have been through today the government has published its response to bishop james jones's report to ensure the pain and the suffering of the hillsborough families is not repeated. i'm immensely grateful they have shared their experiences . i they have shared their experiences. i hope they have shared their experiences . i hope to meet them experiences. i hope to meet them in the new year and the justice secretary oral secretary will making an oral statement after turning to statement after pmqs. turning to honourable friends que

. >> they say, alastair >> but they say, alastair darling brookside, actor darling dean brookside, actor course, from the pogues. and henry kissinger, who died at the age of 100. did he died at the age of 100. did he die on thursday? i think, yeah. >> he died on wednesday or tuesday, but no , it was just a tuesday, but no, it was just a sort of day of every time i tuned in. it was someone reporting somebody else's die. >> yes, it was. and frankly , >> yes, it was. and frankly, many of them are far too young. well all of them i think the i think the eldest was alistair darling, 70, 70, yeah. oh it was just one of those days yesterday , wasn't it? very sad. it's almost like you feel it's like winter setting in, you know? it's dark. it's cold. and. and the news is of deaths of well known people. people that i don't just mean famous , i mean don't just mean famous, i mean people that you sort of know they're part of the fabric of your life almost. and it's very sad. yeah >> anyway, let's hope for a better day today. as far as things like that are concerned, it's a day for resolutions. >> i a