If Vodafone really wants to take care of its shareholders' interests, it will listen to disgruntled investors and strip the cash element out of the bonus, and then restructure the rest to pay Mr Gent only if the newly created company outperforms its peers over several years.

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They draw obvious conclusions where they can, and for the rest rely on vague-sounding generalities that cannot but contain some element of truth.

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The main element of the politics is the assertion that it's in the interests of the rest of the UK (rUK) to do a deal with a newly-independent Scotland.

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