And we ended with an embrace and a warm goodbye.

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But an unreformed Gazprom's embrace is a bit too warm for comfort.

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The EU, he claims, is hurting one of our most important industries - financial services - and, secure "within the warm embrace of the European single market", giving British businesses an excuse not to develop trade with the developing economies.

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