generate_summary_lexrank.py

#remove stopwords
lxr = LexRank(documents, stopwords=STOPWORDS['en'])

sentences = [
    'One of David Cameron\'s closest friends and Conservative allies, '
    'George Osborne rose rapidly after becoming MP for Tatton in 2001.',

    'Michael Howard promoted him from shadow chief secretary to the '
    'Treasury to shadow chancellor in May 2005, at the age of 34.',

    'Mr Osborne took a key role in the election campaign and has been at '
    'the forefront of the debate on how to deal with the recession and '
    'the UK\'s spending deficit.',

    'Even before Mr Cameron became leader the two were being likened to '
    'Labour\'s Blair/Brown duo. The two have emulated them by becoming '
    'prime minister and chancellor, but will want to avoid the spats.',

    'Before entering Parliament, he was a special adviser in the '
    'agriculture department when the Tories were in government and later '
    'served as political secretary to William Hague.',

    'The BBC understands that as chancellor, Mr Osborne, along with the '
    'Treasury will retain responsibility for overseeing banks and '
    'financial regulation.',

    'Mr Osborne said the coalition government was planning to change the '
    'tax system \"to make it fairer for people on low and middle '
    'incomes\", and undertake \"long-term structural reform\" of the '
    'banking sector, education and the welfare state.',
]