Not that the endorsement of a famous political blogger from the UK will make much difference in Iowa, but the long-time Tory-in-America blogger Andrew Sullivan has come out forcefully for Ron Paul.

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An endorsement from Ms Silva might not in fact make much difference.

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Indeed, says Stephen Bond of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, an economic research group, it is far from clear that Mr Brown's package will make much difference to investment or productivity, even though the capital gains tax reform is likely to encourage more new firms to be formed.

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But listening to the pre-summit rhetoric from the German side, you wonder whether two more days talking would make much difference.

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But unless the politicians find ways to halt the exodus of young people from the Atlantic provinces to Toronto and Alberta, the money may not make much difference.

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Mike Espley from the North Wales Private Landlord Association said that any new housing association would not make much of a difference and was not well thought out.

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