Alexander made clear the Liberal Democrats' deep unease at the prime minister's plan when he warned of the dangers posed by those who "put anti-European ideology ahead of our national interest".
By owning your own property, you get a say in planning law too – your objection to that new tower block counts for far more than the indirect, dissipated unease of all the people hunting desperately for somewhere affordable in the vague vicinity of their work.
But scratch the surface a little and there is a growing sense of unease.
"My sense of unease, my concern about what was going on within Eric Roozendaal's office to do with Buildev, and Nathan Tinkler, was significant".
Although there is considerable unease among some Malaysians about the agendas of different components in the alliance, Anwar's coalition promises reform and offers Malaysians the hope of greater ethnic inclusion and cleaner government.
On a day of Labour unease about the scale, cost and grandeur of her funeral, as well as fears it was being exploited for contemporary Tory political gain, Chartres's subtle defence of her ideology, as well as its focus on her as an individual, drew wide-ranging praise from Tory MPs.
They sense growing unease among Tory MPs about the future of the licence fee, but know that many of them are passionate supporters of the World Service as a measure of Britain's influence overseas.
It's actually quite hard to translate this, but it roughly means "unease in France".
Barack Obama called for a renaissance in the shared liberal values that underpin western nations on Wednesday as he announced plans to cut nuclear weapons in a much-anticipated speech in Berlin that also acknowledged unease over privacy and drone strikes.
Roping in a fremdwort (foreign word) to name an activity can sometimes betray a sense of unease, and Demontage is probably a good example of that: taking pleasure in someone's (symbolic) dismemberment sounds a little less problematic in exotic syllables.
"Yes, I was a mess of anxiety and general unease," he says.
