"I think we always knew that we weren't going to emerge from Copenhagen with a completely legally binding signed and sealed treaty, but I think we'd hoped for something rather better than this, " he said.

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Then it was unsold, re-bid and essentially signed, sealed and delivered to Magna-Sberbank with non-binding promises about retaining jobs.

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Then came yesterday's complaint that eight days after the Chancellor had signed, sealed and delivered his Autumn Statement to parliament, Welsh Ministers were still none the wiser how much extra money they actually have to spend on day to day matters, in other words by how much their revenue budgets had been boosted.

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Late Monday, Stevie Wonder ran through crowd pleasers such as "My Cherie Amour" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" as small groups of fans danced on a big dance floor.

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This was one of the most powerful of all those many public meetings - the crowd danced along to the Stevie Wonder song Signed, Sealed, Delivered and cheered whenever they caught a glimpse of themselves on the giant screens carrying cable news coverage into the park.

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