This trip is bound to heighten the demands on the prime minister to say not simply what he is not planning in North Africa, but to explain more about what exactly he is.

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"The nature of his interest, what it is he is planning to do and how he would achieve it is opaque, " said Johnston.

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He is also concerned about what he believes is a lack of additional money and forward planning that has gone into moving emergency services from Belfast City Hospital to the RVH site.

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He is playing what I call Tax Planning 101, simply holding onto assets as they appreciate without paying tax on them.

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"We're hoping to show the people that matter, in Bangor or wherever they are, that the people in this area, like every other area throughout north Wales, have very strong feelings about what the board is planning to do, " he said.

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His allies were already planning for what would come next, because he is 82.

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He is also apparently planning to list real estate assets this year in what could be the first yuan-denominated public offering in Hong Kong.

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