And I think -- the reason that we talk about the fact that this will be determined by the people of Egypt because this is not something that is -- this is not something where the people of Egypt, again, are going to be satisfied that there is some mystical third party that determines when enough has been done.

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This is especially the case in China, where local partners have close ties to the Communist Party which determines who will be in what business and for how long.

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Another clue to the Labour Party's motivation is provided by looking at how it plans to choose its party lists, and, critically, how it determines the order of candidates on each list.

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