French employers have an equally long catalogue of complaints, including the planned reduction in the work week to 35 hours, which is bound to raise labour costs.
And Mr Blair's abrupt declaration that Scottish Labour was bound by the national party's pledge on tax made George Robertson, Labour's Scottish spokesman, look like an idiot.
Mr Mathews may long for citizens to deliberate about public policy, but he seems bound to stub his toe on the natural tendency of labour to divide and specialise.
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This is partly because in 1997 the new Labour government made metering voluntary: a policy that was bound to fail, because the only people likely to volunteer to have a meter installed are those who think they consume less than average and will receive lower bills.
His backers in the labour movement may not say "chicken" out loud but there are bound to be mutterings in the ranks.
The spin doctors are already using the 1996 result to talk down Labour's likely performance and underline the fact that the party is bound to lose a large number of seats.
But the question remains whether the Lib Dem MSPs will have a free vote when the committee reports and if the Labour-dominated cabinet rejected its findings, would the Lib Dem members be bound by collective responsibility.
There are bound to be further demands for the NHS to be more tightly regulated, although former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn recommends instead greater openness, better public reporting and more honesty from health managers the moment things go wrong.
Yet in a global labour-market that will be 3.5 billion strong in 2030, competition is bound to be intense and often uncomfortable, for workers and governments alike.
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Moreover, the Labour government is acutely conscious that transport policy is one of its weakest areas, and so is bound now to step up the pressure for investment.
Were Labour to choose a continuity candidate as leader, the coalition would almost certainly continue, but tensions are bound to increase as the 2011 assembly elections approach.
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