Whatever the merits of the case, it should not be for airlines to decide whether an open skies deal should be agreed.

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While it should be noted that while Plosser is not a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, his comments should nonetheless be disregarded given his position and experience.

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For Labour, shadow chancellor Ed Balls said it supported efforts to get people back to work and believed welfare should not be open-ended.

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It is an open secret that hospitals in the 21st Century are full of patients that should not be there.

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So, I think we've now to a situation where it's transparent, it's been put in the open, but the question of whether or not there should be an outright ban, is something which you know, is subject to this review that's happening at the moment, which is going to - a decision is going to be made by July.

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Then, after the Windsor Castle fire of November 1992, it was agreed that the tax payers should not pick up the bill for restoration, but that Buckingham Palace would be open to the public in the summer and the money raised in that way instead.

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