"The potential is there that this is not as isolated a phenomenon as we might hope it is, " he said.

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"I hope this is not a reflection of what is taking place in our police training centres throughout the country, " he said.

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But I hope that that this is a nightmare that happened, not one that is beginning.

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Clearly the Kenyan government could not sit back and do nothing after the kidnappings but Kenyans hope this is a very short-term operation lasting maybe just a few days.

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"This is a hope-for-the-best pre-Budget... not a cautious set of assumptions, " said BBC economics editor Evans Davis.

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"This I hope is a government of convictions but its convictions are with New Labour not old left or Tory right - it's where I stand, it's what I believe in, " he said.

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With this I hope to use my skills as a physician to help provide medical care where it is not readily available within the US as well as abroad.

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He argues that since people also make a mess, according to the mayor's reasoning they should also be removed. (Londoners must hope that the mayor is not persuaded by this reckless line of argument.) There is a personal dimension to the battle: Mr Livingstone and Mr Banks have been rivals in London's Labour Party for decades.

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