The SNP said Ms Davidson was lacking in credibility, adding that only independence would give Scotland the powers it needed to grow properly.

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"Volunteers on our nightly feeding program, long-time outreach professionals and virtually anyone who lives in or commutes regularly in our city will find today's announcement that street homelessness is down completely lacking in credibility, " she said.

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Thus lacking credibility in the eyes of many Indonesians, the delegates plainly needed to unveil a radical package that would clear away the stench of the old order.

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The Sunday Times quoted former Garda commissioner Pat Byrne as expressing the view that Mr McGuinness had been a key figure in the IRA into the 1990s, describing his insistence he left in 1974 as lacking credibility.

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President Kabila easily won re-election in 2011 in a vote described by international observers as "lacking credibility".

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