Drivers climbing the greasy pole of motorsport have to pay their own way, and the tricky point comes when your financial backing fails to match up to the budget required of the next step.

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The UK demanded safeguards on financial regulation and the single market in return for backing any change to EU treaties which paved the way for fiscal union across the eurozone.

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Although I should note that both sides remain solidly behind the president in every aspect of this campaign against terrorism -- Democrats and Republicans have high praise for the way Mr. Bush has been handling the challenge, and are backing the military, diplomatic and financial parts to this war.

CNN: Kelly Wallace is a CNN White House correspondent.