They just fear that Mr Steinmeier wants to bury the fact of Russian aggression in a morass of moral equivalence.

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Following that, it now plans a pilot to test the inclusion of Level 3 qualifications - as advanced studies are known - in the post-16 tables "on a basis of equivalence to A-level".

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According to Read, in the last five years the FDA has only had to correct itself on the equivalence of three drugs.

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The logic behind this is derived from a theory called Ricardian equivalence, which holds that government spending cannot boost demand, since consumers cut their own expenditure in anticipation of higher taxes ahead.

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In that way, he created an alternate economy based on an equivalence between money and art: the inherent uselessness of both that makes the value of each arbitrary.

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Here in Bosnia I determined that in the face of unspeakable crimes and the most serious violations of international humanitarian order, there is no moral equivalence, no blurring the line between victim and aggressor.

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