Successive governments failed to establish any degree of consensus on governance norms and the rules of the legislative process.
Today, with a speed and degree of consensus that has confounded the pundits and astonished me, I am excited, if daunted, to find that it has happened.
There was a remarkable degree of consensus at the meeting about what had gone wrong, but not much time to talk about what they could do differently next time.
" And in the most important part of what he said he added, "It would have to be a high degree of consensus on both sides of the aisle in Congress, and in both houses to proceed.
He called for the decision about Epsom Hospital to be made in Surrey, and said Surrey councils and health organisations had reached a degree of consensus that they needed to find a better approach than the "almost certain" downgrade of services at Epsom as part of BSBV.
It put on the table a lot of ideas, brought some degree of bipartisan consensus, but even more important, civil discussion over things that have been very contentious.
"This is a contentious issue and if we are going to deliver a lasting solution for the UK, we need to move forward on an agreed evidence base and, if possible, a high degree of political consensus, " said the prime minister's official spokesman.
In their view, reduction in the main policy rate will likely be dependent to some degree on how much consensus is achieved on the design of the new bond purchase program.
On one point, there is consensus: there will be no recovery without a degree of currency stability.
The consensus is that we will avoid it, though the degree of certainty varies.
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