Despite its own culpability, the department initially said anyone following the bad instructions would be subject to penalties -- a position it quickly abandoned.

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It tested what would happen if a person in a position of authority ordered a subject to deliver a 400-volt electrical shock to another person, would the subject follow orders?

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But since he will not be in a position to redress Plaid Cymru's grievance, he could then be subject to a no-confidence vote all over again.

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