Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, who is from Swansea, says it was hard enough growing up in Wales as a Conservative, "let alone being gay".
They and others have pointed out, for example, that Mike McConnell has certain conflicts of interest that should prevent him from pushing the cyberwar line in Congress, let alone being afforded op-ed space in a national newspaper to do so.
Lord Steel's bill languishes in the Commons, with no real prospect of being debated, let alone passed.
Who can look at Lewis Carroll's photographs, let alone child beauty contests, without being aware of the disturbingly ambiguous feelings they provoke?
As with the guys at Oracle he simply did not think it was worth the money being asked: let alone the amount that HP actually paid for it.
Even soldiers experience permanent trauma after seeing a child being killed -- let alone 20 at once.
Worse yet, their ability to comprehend this threat, let alone respond appropriately to it, is being seriously disserved by people who know better - or should.
Now, President Obama's diplomacy may be aligned with the values and attitudes of the majority of the world's governments - comprised as that majority is of repressive regimes that see diplomacy as a way to legitimate and perpetuate their rule, not advance the well being of their populations, let alone that of "the majority" of the world.
At the risk of stating the obvious, no nation can afford its people the quality of life, let alone the economic and security benefits, associated with being an advanced 21st Century society without assured and cost-effective access to energy.
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It's rare to see such protection on a phone that's not being marketed as a rugged device, let alone a company's new flagship.
" Few wish to risk being seen as engaging in "discrimination, " let alone denounced for "homophobia.
Griffith's WikiScanner gets no closer to pinpointing who made a particular change than it being someone on a company's computer network, let alone if he or she were linked directly to management.
Even UN officials have confided to reporters off the record that "a lot of inspectors are inexperienced" and are being hired without background checks to establish their fitness, let alone their objectivity and integrity.
Many voters complained before the referendum of not having received a copy of the document they were being asked to approve, even in parts of Baghdad, let alone the centre and west of the country, where the insurgency is fiercest.
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Being on time is important, but also expected and not worthy of praise let alone a raise.
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Its survey of European property suggests that far more Spanish houses were being built last year than are likely to be needed in steady market conditions, let alone a slump.
All other things being equal, however, with very few among the public aware of the mischief afoot, let alone the stakes, chances are that legislation fundamentally and ill-advisedly amending our constitutional rights to intellectual property will be approved.
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