The Labour leader said he wanted a "comprehensive strategy for integration" to bring the UK into line with other European countries.

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The developments are reportedly right in line with the US government's Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Initiative, and we're sure officials are mighty proud of the E-Flare, which provides optical and acoustic warnings coupled with a force-feedback gas pedal, and E-Horn, which accepts incoming warning signals from emergency vehicles and alerts the driver via (presumably distracting) in-cabin lights and sounds.

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He asked whether Sherlock was "built in" to the operating system - an understandable line of questioning in view of Microsoft's "integration" of Internet Explorer into Windows - but it misfired badly.

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