And Ms Harman suggested she had sympathy with Ms Dorries, who has frequently come under fire from her own side.
The paper suggests that the most egregious behaviour happens higher up the wealth ladder, so ordinary Greeks may be more deserving of Ms Lagarde's sympathy.
"I want to convey a great deal of sympathy to Ms Sorrell about this.
Ms Estemirova had little sympathy with separatist self-rule and was quick to see through the nationalist rhetoric of General Jokhar Dudayev, who came to power in 1991.
Ms McKenna has no sympathy for Palmer, who remains in hiding amid calls for his extradition to Zimbabwe to account for his actions.
What he failed to understand is that it is not sympathy for Ms Tymoshenko that triggered such a response, but his abuse of a core European value, the rule of law.
During a discussion on discrimination against gays, Ms Atkins expressed both sympathy and support for the owners of a bed and breakfast who had refused accommodation to a same-sex couple on the grounds that they did not want that sort of thing going on in their home.
Summing up the prosecution case, Mr Edis urged the jury of five women and seven men not to be swayed by sympathy for Ms Pryce.
UKIP said it had sympathy with Ms Bouchart at having to deal with the disturbances in Calais but the UK needed to send a message that "its streets are not paved with gold".
With both sympathy and political understanding, Ms Farmer explains how.
