The BBC understands RBS has already received approaches from two institutions who are interested in buying the branches.

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Informing the conflict between the two branches of liberalism, as recalled by Sir Rhys, are two concepts of liberty which in modern times have received a good deal of attention from philosophers and have had considerable influence on government and politics.

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Those eggs are deposited in the tree's branches, but when they hatch (which they do two weeks after being laid), the resulting larvae fall to the ground and tunnel down to the tree's roots, from which they suck their sustenance.

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