As deadlock looms and commentators descend into familiar demands for electoral reform, the leftwing campaign group Council of Canadians has launched a voter registration campaign, confident that increasing the last campaign's historically low 61% turnout will accomplish the necessary work automatically.
No doubt the restaurant, run by two brothers for the past 28 years, is buzzing in July and August, when Portuguese holidaymakers descend on the Alentejo coast.
The fierce nature of this fixture may be lost on those beyond the towns and villages of Ayrshire whose inhabitants will descend on Hampden Park.
Around two million people descend on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach – all dressed in white – to celebrate new year with a whole host of rituals topped off with a jaw-dropping fireworks display.
"Hang on … that is waaaaaay... What are you, like, 60 years old suddenly?" And the three of them descend into laughter.
I need to descend to a more sensible altitude.
As a fan, and I'm a huge fan of Hegarty's, it's hard not to descend into hyperbole when it comes to his most beautiful songs: "Hope There's Someone" from I Am A Bird; "One Dove" from 2009's The Crying Light; the exquisite "My Lord, My Love" from the deluxe edition of the latest album, Swanlights.
However, Bailando por un Sueño stands out because most episodes tend to descend into outright nudity.
Before Glass and the rest of his diverse cabaret descend (and let's hope they will) on David Cameron's local, they should think through what was good and bad about that strange and – but for 90 seconds – lovely Sunday in Kent, not least so they don't get outmanoeuvred again.
Now I'm just hoping that some sort of event will descend on me".
The southern slopes of the Lattari mountains descend so steeply into the sea between the villages of Positano and Vietri sul Mare that they often become cliffs.
