He recalled how the anonymous caller bluntly informed him that he had offended powerful, possibly criminal, interests – adding that "certain people are out for revenge".
Holding a Lisbon referendum regardless would have been potentially disastrous for the Tories, the country, or both;it might have set Britain on a path that led to its ejection from the EU.
Perhaps, just perhaps, undermining any interest, even if you undermine interests of others, to an advantage to yourself, turns out to be a disadvantage in the run, long or short.
As a way of repairing some of that damage, a group of conservation biologists has proposed an ambitious, or some might say, a radical plan, involving large vertebrates, or, megafauna.
The neurasthenia and lower serum albumin in workers were due to the bad ventilation in the laundries and the chronic exposure of workers to tetrachloroethylene.
It is only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some reason that we begin to realise the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being.
The key will be to abandon the rather simple and static measures of sustainability, which centre on the need to maintain production without increasing damage.
But children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage.