"We would go to the U.K. and then come back and have to tear out the work, " she says.

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K., she whispers, her hands on your back, keeping you from pulling out.

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Speaking Saturday to the BBC, U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable pushed back against the suggestion that Cameron and his ministers were out of touch at a time of crisis, saying Britain was only on the periphery of the current issues.

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