In shirt sleeves, Mr. Bush brimmed with long-awaited news: "Two more days!" And the crowd cheered this least contentious declaration from the fading traces of the campaign trail.
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Sources close to the government say they have split the agreements so that Britain can leave the EU on 22 May without the more contentious political declaration having been passed.
Most contentious of all was the declaration "Islam does not belong in Germany".
On the issue that dominated the private talks of the so-called Group of 8, the worsening regional war in Syria, the leaders averted a clash with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia by avoiding mention in their declaration of the most contentious matters that divide him and them.
Trump resorted to the highly contentious move of triggering a national emergency declaration in February, following a five-week government shutdown over funding for the president's much-vaunted border wall.
He may not have known it and his decision to announce his retirement from one-day cricket before rather than after the tournament ended was contentious at the least, but Clarke's declaration still amounted to a hefty poultice on a gaping wound for cricket.
The resolution, drafted by Britain, France and Germany, sets the stage for a verification process that could be every bit as contentious as the tussle this past week over the wording of the declaration.
A number of EU member states, including Germany, believe an aspirational political declaration on the future that ducks the most contentious trade issues now would be the best way to avoid a no-deal Brexit.
The EU is looking at publishing a series of side-declarations to the main political declaration in an attempt to set out its stall on the most contentious areas, in a move that could thwart May's plans to sell her the package to MPs at home.
