Jim D'Avila, Unite the Union's officer for the South West, added that while it was good that workers were still being paid, if things got dramatically worse "companies like Honda will not be able to pay wages".

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It was a job, and a night, which dramatically changed the course of Ken Littleton's life for the worse.

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Though none is as dramatically at fault as Zimbabwe's, other governments too have made matters worse.

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The country would almost certainly reintroduce the drachma, which would devalue dramatically and quickly, making it even harder for Greece to repay its debts, and setting an even worse precedent.

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