But fellow Conservative councillor Bryan Dennington, who proposed the motion to scupper the plan, disagreed.
The petty rivalries and internal politicking that accompany any merger can scupper the best-laid plans.
And since it partly reflects his perceived electability, any doubts about that could scupper him.
But one expert claims the continued dry spell may possibly scupper some hunters' chances of finding their prey.
However, newspaper reports on Sunday speculated that the charges could scupper the deal.
That, and Palestinian and Arab reaction, could scupper hopes of progress towards peace.
Gordon Brown is lobbying for Mr Blair but a lack of support from EU socialist leaders could scupper his chances.
Whether by design or not, the incident looks likely to scupper any chances of bringing the fighting to an end.
This is perhaps the most explosive question of all, and the most likely to scupper or delay the whole process.
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That will scupper the government's pledge to bring health and other social-welfare contributions below the equivalent of 40% of gross wages.
At first, Katz said, he didn't believe him, sure that the Soviet authorities would find a way to scupper the plans.
He helped to scupper the bipartisan budget-balancing plan of the Bowles-Simpson commission, which would have raised revenue by eliminating tax loopholes.
So a no vote in one country would scupper the whole project.
By focusing on general issues rather than cross-border ones, the two companies underestimated a factor that would define, and could even scupper, the entire deal.
The vote on whether the pool should stay is not binding and the council said any changes at this late stage would "scupper" the whole project.
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They are afraid of the renewed fighting that could follow a sudden failure of the deal, or that could erupt as a means to scupper it.
They may also hope to scupper cautious efforts by India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to restart peace talks with Pakistan, which had collapsed after the 2008 assault.
Independent research warns that welfare cuts - particularly cuts to housing benefit including the bedroom tax, alongside a chronic lack of social housing - could scupper this progress.
If he loses it, there could be elections in late summer, in which Eurosceptics could conceivably strengthen their hand in the parliament and thus scupper the constitution there.
People close to the General Staff insist that Ashkenazi's determination to scupper Galant's appointment, like Barak's decision to shorten Ashkenazi's tenure, was motivated by personal rivalries and animosity.
Contamination by unapproved grain can scupper the whole export harvest.
This could scupper agreement on a new Security Council resolution.
The affair could scupper the campaign to defang the FCPA. American firms have long grumbled that they are at a competitive disadvantage because other countries' anti-bribery laws are laxer.
It's very disappointing the Tories want to scupper it.
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Mr Bahceli is still inclined to make populist promises that would scupper the IMF's efforts to put Turkey's budget back into shape and inveighs against easing bans on Kurdish-language education and broadcasting.
The allegations proved false, but Mr Sarkozy demanded a judicial investigation, claiming Mr de Villepin specifically targeted him in the inquiry to try to scupper his chances of running for president next year.
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Charles Krauthammer is not alone in arguing that the euro-zone disease, unless cured, might well turn slow growth in the U.S. into recession, and scupper any chance President Barack Obama has of avoiding a forced return to Chicago in 2013.
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