Clegg said the "silly policies and nasty politics" the Tories pursued because of their "obsession" with immigration poisoned the atmosphere and culture of the Home Office.
"What the Government have done because of their obsession with cuts is introduce something very quickly without warning that I'm sure many of your will have had difficulty adjusting to.
Partly because of their obsession with keeping church and state separate, Western powers (and religious leaders) have been too reluctant to look for faith-driven solutions to religious conflicts.
Even so, friends of Mr. Fiore and Mr. Shen said the group felt compelled to visit because of their obsession with a a rare and elusive bird called Cundinamarca antpitta, which exists only in a mountainous region near Bogota.
One of the reasons that the troika, and in particular the I.M.F., have pushed so hard for massive austerity in Greece — advocating, for instance, that the country run primary surpluses of four per cent of G.D.P. — is because of their obsession with Greece's debt-to-G.D.P. ratio, which is currently around a hundred and eighty per cent.
It has led some to suggest that the era of marginal gains is over; that the dozens of microscopic advantages British cycling, and later Sky, accrued because of their obsession with sport science and diet, and doing things such as bringing their own mattresses on tour to ensure their riders slept better, has ended.
Afghanistan doesn't have much in the way of civil society, but the Pashtuns have even less than other groups, because of their obsession with the seclusion of their women.
The inattention of China's leaders to the stockmarket contrasts starkly with their obsession with bank restructuring because the banks' troubles are easier to understand, hazards Mr Fang.
Pakistan certainly has enough problems on its plate, and without getting into their internal political and military situation too deeply, part of the problem with the Taliban and other extremist groups having a safe haven in northwest Pakistan is that the Pakistani military is reluctant to engage too many of their troops with the militants, because of their long obsession with India.
The Conservatives have not won a general election in "20 odd years" because of their "peculiar" obsession with Europe, Ken Clarke has said.
