This latest coalition re-launch will offer no shortage of those for tired hacks trying to assess the strength of the ties and the extent of the strain at the top of the government.

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The maps below rank 214 countries according to the strength of their ties to Britain, France, Spain and Portugal respectively.

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Strength of network ties.

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Judge Lord Drummond Young has ruled in her favour, saying the strength of her family ties in the UK was a "powerful factor".

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"To remember that we all have to stretch ourselves to build the ties that bind a democracy, which really is the source of our strength, " Branch says.

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