So you assume, well that's ok, the police are here, the fire brigade are here and the ambulances are here - so that's ok, we are now safe - the event is over.

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So there are milestones along the way here, because we only have so many days between now and August 2nd to decide whether we are going to press forward and achieve a significant deficit reduction deal or not.

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