To press for a premature transfer to the CRO might merely provoke a request from India (perhaps even from Canada) to have its affairs handled by the Foreign Office which is, indeed, an issue sure to be posed, though it would be a disadvantage to incoming Commonwealth states.

ECONOMIST: From the archive

Strong words indeed, and ones that are sure to be used as a motivational tool in the Welsh dressing room.

BBC: Ireland v Wales

To be sure, not a (temporary) resurgence of the French as the arbiters of good taste, nor indeed a rise of the Americans.

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