Regrettably, the law does not permit me to order the United States to do so.

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Permit me to suggest to Edelman they identify these superb examples of honesty and high-minded effectiveness next year.

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In response to your refreshingly polite thoughts, permit me my own opinion or two on the matter at hand.

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Downing Street will not yet permit me to tell you where the prime minister and the deputy prime minister are heading.

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And this will permit me to reflect on some of my mistakes.

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Permit me to address each of these points in turn.

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Permit me to close on a personal note.

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They do permit me to declare amounts that are the result of passive income and, to some extent, amounts that come in as royalties from projects I did some time ago as profits and take these as dividends.

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Last week a foreign student in Cambridge showed me his residence permit for the UK, the bit of plastic, plus biometric chip, that was to be the prototype for the ID cards that everyone was threatened with - but is now issued only to visa holders.

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