But now Sonia — jumping out of the bed she'd barely slept in for a week, struggling into her jeans while summoning another Uber — decided that this small concession compromised, in fact ruined, totally destroyed, the tone of the show, rendering it all theatrical, self-congratulatory, trendy, cheap.
Speaking for the radical wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (Bolshevik), he was denouncing the moderate wing, the Mensheviks, because the latter wanted to stop short of crushing the hated liberals once and for all: Now, when our insurrection is victorious, you tell us: renounce your victory, make concessions, compromise… No! No compromise is possible here!
Israelis, especially those living in the expanding range of Hamas rockets, see Gaza as proof that unilateral concessions compromise Israel's safety while bringing peace no closer.
I remember sitting across from him on BBC1's Question Time, just two days after the Lib-Con coalition was formed, as he manically attempted to defend his party's various concessions, compromises and about-turns in front of a baying crowd.
Concession and compromise meant betrayal and death.
CONCESSION without compromise is the key to another enduring brand: L.L. Bean, the outdoor clothing company.
Demonstrators, led by leftwing parties and unions, shouted: "No concession, no compromise over al-Quds... Palestine is in our heart, in our blood and mind..
North Korea said Wednesday that its pursuit of nuclear energy to solve its "acute electricity problem" was "an issue vital for the sovereignty and development" of its economy and "neither concession nor compromise should be allowed".
"It's so difficult for one who's simply watching the show to realise just how much time and concession and compromise and explanation has gone into almost every single thing," he said.
Like Strictly Come Dancing too, for that matter, not far beneath the showmanship lies a real respect for baking (or dance) as a real craft with real commitment to mastery of skills without concession or compromise.
