Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, who is from Swansea, says it was hard enough growing up in Wales as a Conservative, "let alone being gay".

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They and others have pointed out, for example, that Mike McConnell has certain conflicts of interest that should prevent him from pushing the cyberwar line in Congress, let alone being afforded op-ed space in a national newspaper to do so.

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Lord Steel's bill languishes in the Commons, with no real prospect of being debated, let alone passed.

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