At the Demos debate, one woman asked simply: "Why would any mentally healthy person want to become a politician?" For more Cif blogs on the 2008 Hay Festival, click here.
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For many years the "visible" balance was taken to be equivalent to exports quoted FOB and imports CIF as explained above.
Figures for the merchandise balance often quote exports valued on an FOB (free on board) basis and imports valued on a CIF basis (including cost, insurance, and freight to the point of destination).
The GCF joins a cacophony of parallel climate support vehicles, including the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), the World Bank Group, the UN climate talks Adaptation Fund and another thirty five organizations listed as "UN partners on climate change," none of which are decisively tackling climate risks.
Each week, we'll be inviting Cif readers to post their civil liberties and human rights queries – anything from your own experiences to questions you have always wanted to ask.
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There's a central team of moderators whose job it is to keep an eye on user-generated content over the whole Guardian website, and a small team dedicated solely to Cif comments, so we can be much more familiar with the issues and the community.
I know that some of you disagree, and to that end I think that, in true Cif tradition, it's a good idea to debate this issue.
What was George's instinct became the controlling ethos – so important to the character of how Cif conducts debate.
