"We're reaching the point at which a number of delegations have got to decide whether they want to get a treaty with real environmental integrity or not, " said Mr Huhne.

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"He may decide to look at those who have got high levels of wealth, which is actually a bit of a different group to those who have high levels of income, so a mansion tax, for example, for those who have very expensive houses, or looking through things like inheritance tax or capital gains tax, " Mr Johnson says.

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And if I decide to switch to the euro, have I got the costs covered?

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But enough of this cruelty, when The Corrs decide to slow things down a bit, they have got a couple of decent songs up their sleeves.

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