At the same time, he could try to pin down the thin, fast-fading shadow that was himself and his past.

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It grew fast in its rival's shadow and even made money along the way.

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Labour sympathised with what the government was trying to do but disagreed with the way it proposed doing it - through fast-track legislation, which shadow home office minister Chris Bryant described as "bad practice".

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The so-called shadow banking industry, an unregulated and fast-rising world of high-yield wealth-management products and underground lending, also continues to worry investors.

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The so-called "shadow banking" industry, an unregulated and fast-growing world of high-yield wealth-management products and underground lending, also continues to worry investors.

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For Labour, Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan claimed the government was "cutting too far and too fast" in the prison and probation services.

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Fast forward 24 hours to the Commons and the man behind the idea of a local benefit cap, shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne, was asked whether he had discussed the idea with his colleagues in Wales.

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