His backers in the labour movement may not say "chicken" out loud but there are bound to be mutterings in the ranks.

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Campaigning politicians are bound to say that this is money for a Clinton legacy, and that it would be far better spent on health care.

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Ministers say they want to opt out of the package because the UK does not need to be bound by them - but then negotiate to rejoin individual measures where it is in the national interest to do so.

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The Festo case, which appears to be bound for the Supreme Court, is pitting large companies (such as IBM and Ford), which say that the fuzzy equivalency doctrine encourages lawsuits, against smaller companies, which are worried that their innovations will be ripped off.

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