It has also emerged that as recently as the weekend, British ministers did not know whether the three bidders were planning to save or scrap the UK plants at Ellesmere Port and Luton.

只近在周末，就有消息说英国的大臣们还不清楚三家投标人是打算保留还是肢解埃尔斯米尔港和卢顿的英国分厂。

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However, it's also clear that the government has had a strategy since the weekend - and well before the Tory funding allegations emerged - of encouraging stories which might persuade car drivers to stock up with petrol.

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"For certain, this is priority No. 1 for Mexico City, not only because we have announced a reduction this weekend in the supply from Cutzamala, but also because it has to do with sustainability, " said Marcelo Ebrard, head of Mexico City's government.

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