EU. But he is not terribly keen on the more limited form of flexibility either, which reserves the right to opt out of future developments that Britain finds uncongenial.

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But the most effective way of reining in the committee would be to replace its current chair, Natascha Engel, with an establishment heavyweight who would be more likely to block inconvenient debates on uncongenial subjects like Europe.

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Savor that: In her determination to rationalize away the uncongenial truth of Patton's observations, Bahadur has spun herself into a denial that women bear any responsibility for initiating a relationship and an insistence that Prince Charming simply appear on the scene.

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