"I'm not going to put my name to making threats that I'm not prepared to carry out, " he said.

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"Considering the Chancellor of the Exchequer is yet to even deliver his budget, it would be both unwise and premature to put my name to what is still speculation".

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My initial reluctance to put my name forward for this post was borne out of a concern that I would not be able to fulfil my commitments to that electorate as their constituency MSP.

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Knowing that Reagan was an avid reader of Human Events, the conservative weekly newspaper, my friend suggested that I take his memo, put my name on it, and publish it as an article in Human Events.

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If the chance comes - Ryan's got a niggle, but I don't think it's too bad - I've just got to put in a decent performance and have my name in the hat for the games to come.

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