Alexander made clear the Liberal Democrats' deep unease at the prime minister's plan when he warned of the dangers posed by those who "put anti-European ideology ahead of our national interest".
An unlikely coalition of sworn enemies came to a juddering and messy end as the UK parties bickered Alexander says it was important to change stance because a definitive no was the natural conclusion of further analysis by the Treasury.
Darling and Alexander were adamant that, for all their fears, they made the right decision on the currency.
But he said of the interventions by the chancellor, his Treasury deputy and the shadow chancellor: "Then in came Osborne, Alexander and Balls to say no way, never, ever we will not allow this, Scotland cannot have the pound.
It's taken a starring role in Gladiator, Rules of Engagement, Alexander and Babel The kasbahs, Berber villages and otherworldly sandscapes are the key draw.
"How short is the short-short?" Alexander, who came to fame as a runway coach and judge on the television show America's Next Top Model and coached the likes of supermodel Naomi Campbell, is known for showing off his own incredible set of legs.
Like Alexander, celebrity stylist Gray thinks any backlash against men's short-shorts is really about gender and even anxiety around the accuser's sexuality.
In his confidential document on 16 March, Alexander wrote that it "would make it all but impossible for a coalition to be sustainable if it were formed, and extremely difficult to form without splitting the party".
Alexander was warned by the Speaker not to abuse the position of the dispatch box to make a party political statement, and Labour accused him of farcically trying to extricate himself from the coalition after endorsing George Osborne's cuts for four years.
Alexander also used his Commons statement to outline plans to clamp down on tax evasion.
If growth resumes at 2.5% or more in a private sector-led recovery, as Alexander hopes, he will be tempted to ease off the brake pedal.
