Since the then lord chancellor Chris Grayling introduced the policy of blanket fees for employment tribunals in 2013, the government has spent four years and two highly expensive litigations defending this stance.
National Security Directive 26, signed by the first President George Bush on October 2 1989, said: "The United States government should propose economic and political incentives for Iraq to moderate its behaviour and to increase our influence with Iraq". After the first Gulf war, the former ambassador in Baghdad, David Newton, defended this stance.
Vidar Helgesen, the country's minister of climate and environment defended the stance.
In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, Mr Miliband defended the stance.
But Doughty insists he will have nothing to do with the new managerial appointment - despite staying on as the club's owner - and defended that stance.
On Monday Li Fei, a senior Chinese official, defended the stance, saying it reduced the risk of political confrontation and populism.
(For those who are riveted by this, Drum defends his stance in a response post, which in turn elicited a response from Matt Yglesias).
You must be able to do any practiced move from this stance but also to defend against any attack.
Jim Murphy, the executive producer of that broadcast, is a little worried that he may have overdone the reticence but defends his stance.
Campaigners against Page Three have long decried it as sexist while the paper consistently defends its stance.
"It was vitally important that the WRU defended its stance over this issue," said Lydon.
