Connolly says: "The payouts from Prudential compare favourably against other stronger with-profits providers such as Aviva and Legal & General, and are hugely superior to the weaker providers such as Scottish Widows".
But consensus and compromise are in short supply in a country where tribes and local interests matter hugely and national institutions are weak or non-existent – the legacy of 42 years of personalised dictatorship.
But consensus and compromise have been in short supply in a country where tribes and local interests matter hugely and national institutions are weak or non-existent – the legacy of 42 years of personalised dictatorship under Muammar Gaddafi.
How disillusioned, angry, or hurt you choose to get about all this weak, dishonest, and hugely human behavior from a bunch of humans is, finally, your choice every bit as much as how you fill in your Friday night pharmaceutical dance card.
It's not even clear what he was trying to do, to be honest - far too weak for a shot but hugely off target if it was intended as a pass.
"I've seen some things written about them playing a weaker team but I think it's hugely disrespectful to their players if they're deemed to be the weaker ones in the squad.
The Northern Irishman's putting, which has been historically weak in relative terms but improved hugely last year, returned to being costly given a total of 89 over 54 holes.
One swift, devastating Ingolstadt counter-attack, or a goal from a corner, or a deflected shot, and then: a nagging, avoidable, hugely unnerving away defeat to one of the weakest teams in the Bundesliga.
In the middle of hugely disproportionate violence against gay people, he's offering a weak cocktail: more prime-ministerial criticism of rappers, more power for headmasters, and a vague call for "leadership" in a police force where homophobia is rife.
The proposed banks resolution regime is supposed to help cut the invidious link between failing banks and weak sovereigns that is seen as having contributed hugely to the sovereign debt crisis in countries such as Spain and Ireland.
