Even if such a wording were possible (which it is not, given the nature of Britain's constitution), Mr Dewar still has problems with writing the rules by which the parliament can use its intended power to vary basic-rate income tax by up to 3p.

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In effect, what you described in your rather adolescent attack on Britain is not the changing nature of that nation but the changing nature of the world.

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"A combination of technology, intelligence and passenger profiling will help build a more robust defense against the unpredictable and changing nature of the terrorist threat to aviation, " BAA, which runs Britain's largest airport, announced in a statement.

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Given the government's lousy inheritance in 2010 and the suicidal nature of the euro zone's leaders, it is hard to see how Britain could ever have avoided another dip.

ECONOMIST: Britain's economy

This budget carries a message not just about Britain's relationship to the world, but also about the nature of its economy.

ECONOMIST: Britain's budget

"As we found in Britain in the 1930s, there's the evolution in the nature of the Chinese kitchen, maybe moving from a galley kitchen to something's that is more the heart of the home, " McGrath said.

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Head of women's tennis at Britain's Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), Nigel Sears, told CNN the slippery nature of the clay surface also set it apart from other types of court.

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