Plainly speaking it is too much austerity, much too quickly.

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It's not a matter of seeing who will blink first but of speaking plainly to allies who ultimately need us more than we need them.

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Even if it were equally true that John Bolton cannot avoid speaking plainly to those sorts, the people who reelected George Bush probably would have no problem being represented at the UN by such a man.

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Speaking last year, former Home Secretary Ken Clarke said the war on drugs was "plainly being lost".

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