Professor Scott suggests that to some extent, in terms of public grief, a dividing line can be drawn between the "more reserved" northern hemisphere and "more emotional" southern hemisphere.

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EU's current arcane budget rules, although members make payments to the budget which are broadly in line with their relative wealth, their receipts depend to a large extent on how productive their farmers are.

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The second faint weakness in Ms Lamont's approach is that her attack line re the constitution resembles, to some extent, the type of arguments which the Tories used to adduce against Labour proposals for devolution.

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Misleading to the extent that I would accuse some of those using the line, those who do in fact know better, of coming quite close to lying.

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In their view, it thus becomes the obligation of every nation to fall into line, changing their laws to whatever extent is necessary to do so.

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