Police officers on the beat were seldom seem, crime was casting a shadow over people's lives, workers were leaving farming en masse, incomes were down and rural Post Offices were closing down, he said.
With this reshuffle, Mr Hague has brought into his shadow cabinet new people who may be talented and may shine (such as Theresa May to education and employment, Bernard Jenkin to transport), while moving some round pegs to round holes (ex-Captain Iain Duncan-Smith to defence, Dr Liam Fox to health).
Our shadow minister for disabled people, Jeremy Hunt, has been working with our policy groups to see how personal budgets could transform the delivery of disability benefits and the choices available to those who receive them.
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And the Department of Homeland Security has lifted the shadow of deportation for young people who have grown up in America.
He told me he would have a broad-based shadow cabinet which would include people who are pro the Euro and with the arrangements made for when we get to the referendum as to how they will be able to campaign for their beliefs, he will have a broad-based policy approach.
Effective immediately, the Department of Homeland Security is taking steps to lift the shadow of deportation from these young people.
It helps include people previously in the shadow of the informal economy and increases government earnings that can fund social and economic development.
Others in the shadow cabinet fear that the Scottish people might succumb to buyers' remorse and give Alex Salmond another run as First Minister in 2016.
Among the class of 2010, Ms Reeves will become shadow chief secretary to the Treasury and Ms Kendall is named shadow minister for care and older people.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said people would be "horrified that Abu Qatada is now out on Britain's streets rather than on a plane" and urged ministers to go to Jordan "straight away to discuss what additional action would get this sorted out".
"John Sheardown remained a very humble man, always willing to stay in the shadow of others, and the people of Windsor remain extremely proud of his diplomatic intervention and career accomplishments, " read a proclamation that declared November 10, 2012, "John Sheardown Day" in the city of Windsor, in Ontario, Canada.
Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said that people living west of Cardiff had been "let down", and it would cost 20% more to electrify the stretch of line to Swansea under any future programme rather than as part of the current plan.
As I stared out over the landscape I listened to stories about the mysterious forests that grow in the vast shadow of Mount Fuji, and about how people disappear in them.
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell told the meeting people were "just not listening" to Labour because they were focused on "the financial anxieties of managing from one day to the next".
Those people will demand the top jobs in his shadow cabinet in return for their support during the leadership contest.
For Labour, shadow chancellor Ed Balls said it supported efforts to get people back to work and believed welfare should not be open-ended.
Responding to Mr Paterson's comments, Labour's shadow environment secretary, Mary Creagh, said "most people back Labour's ban on hunting wild animals with dogs".
Shadow education secretary David Willetts told the BBC he understood people's "deep frustration" at the tax system and the Tories had a commission looking at its reform.
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"Amour" is about the love that binds these two wonderful people, and about sustaining that love in the shadow of death.
"I think it is a really good step in the right direction and a much better deal for people who work in the public sector, " shadow Treasury minister Rachel Reeves told the BBC.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne agreed that a majority of people thought benefit recipients were lazy and did not really want to work.
Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran said the committee was asking questions "the people of Scotland need answers to".
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Guerilla Games has been working on Killzone Shadow Fall, its first PS4 game, with a team of 150 people.
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The shadow universities secretary, David Willetts, said the reason not enough young people from modest backgrounds went to university was that not enough applied.
Shadow welfare reform minister James Clappison said he welcomed any proposals that encouraged people back to work but said the government "seems to be watering down its proposed reform".
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Almost two years since Merck's decision to recall the arthritis pill Vioxx, the legal liability from people who say Vioxx caused their heart attacks still casts a shadow over the legendary drug giant--even as Merck unveils some of its most promising new drugs in a decade.
Almost two years since Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) decision to recall the arthritis pill Vioxx, the legal liability from people who say Vioxx caused their heart attacks still casts a shadow over the legendary drug giant--even as Merck unveils some of its most promising new drugs in a decade.
Later, shadow justice minister Lord Bach called for the preservation of free legal support for people challenging cuts to their benefits.
"Never before have working people paid so much in and got so little back, " shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne said.
Shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant said the "massive 153, 000 backlog of people who have potentially gone rogue emphasises that, with Theresa May running the Home Office, we are getting the worst of both worlds".
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