The size of the shadow banking system has shrunk very considerably since the time of the crisis.
At the time of the launch Shadow Health Secretary Dr Liam Fox accused the government of staging an "election stunt".
Liberal Democrat spokesman David Laws said the rights had been drawn up "on the back of a fag packet" and shadow schools minister Nick Gibb said the process was a "complete waste of time".
However, aside from a Cole snap-shot on the turn on the stroke of half-time, Ancelotti's men looked blunt going forward and were a shadow of the side that had plundered 14 goals in their three preious matches.
When he set to building his own empire, he proved beyond a shadow of a doubt what he had learned from his time at both those organizations: he had seen the way a story travels through the internet, and he understood how to make people say what he wanted whether they knew it or not.
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She invited me to shadow her over time, and I learned quickly the importance of partnerships, especially with the faith community and school personnel.
After taking over the reins of power at the end of June, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to have a very tough time staying out of his predecessor's shadow.
Some think it is anyway time that Europe stepped out of America's shadow in security matters.
By the time the World Cup arrived, Vieira looked a shadow of the player we see running match after match at Higbury.
All told, another excellent deal following in the shadow of what was the most successful Humble Indie Bundle to date last time around.
Recently, however, the Tory shadow chancellor of the exchequer proposed abolishing the stamp tax for most first-time home buyers, as well as removing millions of people from the jaws of Britain's death tax.
But with all of the indices at or near new all-time highs (save for the Nasdaq, perennially in the shadow of its mania highs north of 5000), many are beginning to wonder whether or not the secular bear that began 13 years ago has finally been slain.
Usually you can get hold of their best time and race against a "ghost" or "shadow" to see if you can beat them.
With thousands of "followers" caring enough to take time from their own day to shadow you through yours, is it any wonder that the followed are getting big heads as they "tweet" what they had for breakfast?
The housing recovery is already having a positive impact on growth, pushing GDP up as residential investment accelerates, but with more than 1.1 million homes in some state of foreclosure and a shadow inventory that tops 2 million units, it will take some time for the market to truly heal, while the risk of slowdown and a reversal remains a possibility.
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I'm not sure I can remember a time when both the chancellor and his shadow have had to be quite so careful of their internal doubters, and that's what will make the undercurrents at those Treasury Question Times so interesting.
The shadow home secretary at the time, Chris Grayling, said the government had "built a culture of surveillance which goes far beyond counter terrorism and serious crime".
When Labour attempted to push for similar changes, the Conservative shadow home secretary at the time, Chris Grayling, said the government had "built a culture of surveillance which goes far beyond counter-terrorism and serious crime".
But shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper condemned changes to the DNA database, which cut the time that DNA profiles of those who are arrested but not convicted can be held, from six to three years.
This was not the speech of a shadow chancellor who expected to be directing the nation's financial affairs in a few months' time.
The last time England and Pakistan met in a test series, it fell under the long, dark shadow of the match-fixing antics of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir.
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But Labour insists it has been pushing for a real terms cut in the EU budget since July, with shadow chancellor Ed Balls saying there had been cross-party support for the idea of reducing EU expenditure at a time of austerity at home.
There are still senior officials in the health service and politics who were involved with Stafford Hospital at the time (NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson was head of the regional health authority, while shadow health secretary Andy Burnham signed papers to allow the hospital to pursue foundation trust status when Labour was in power).
Shadow children's secretary Tim Loughton told the BBC social workers were frustrated at having to spend 80% of their time on paperwork.
But Barcelona's attacking brilliance cast a shadow over the mood of celebration inside Stamford Bridge - and they were back in charge of the tie before half-time.
Later, shadow justice secretary Dominic Grieve complained, in a point of order, about the justice secretary making the statement during question time, arguing that opposition MPs had not had a chance to scrutinise the plans properly.
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