This is the belief, indeed the self-belief, that underpins, their strategy. The political centre is drifting leftwards; people are again going with the progressive grain, etc.

18.50 They're dancing a waltz to I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz. You know, that song. No? Me neither.

Luckily, there are plenty of options for more adventurous buyers. Tucked between Italy and Austria, Slovenia the joys of the Alps for a fraction of the price. A two-bedroom apartment, 15 minutes from the slopes, starts from just 35,000.

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It's easy to come up with a list of cases where ethics watchdogs in high places have come down too harshly on infractions which were pretty harmless. Think of from his NYT column, or for that matter from Reuters. In neither case did the punishment fit the crime, notwithstanding of the letter of the law as unilaterally interpreted by the news organization in question.