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A man already known for his chillaxing tendencies, Dave has spent much of the campaign going through the motions, as if he believed that by constantly repeating "competence or chaos" he would automatically be given back the keys to No 10.
Here's how I imagine that I'd imagine the discussion would have gone: Hey kid, you can't be late, so I have to have this 'meeting' with you, but you and I both know that if it wasn't for your bat I'd be sipping margaritas by my pool in Indiana right now, so just be patient here and go through these motions with me, OK? Oh, and don't worry about that fine, I got it.
The Fifa congress has to deal with a significant amount of other motions before it gets to the vote for president, the 18th item on its 18-item agenda.
Both motions in parliament talked of alleviating the suffering of Syrian civilians and emphasised the principle of humanitarian intervention.
McConnell has now filed motions to bring debate to a close on two vexed bills relating to the NSA: the USA Freedom Act, which seeks to curtail some of the NSA's surveillance powers; and a short-term extension of a key section of the Patriot Act, which Senate Republican leaders claim is essential to preserving critical post-9/11 intelligence powers.
The problem with Pat is that, as he goes through the motions, he becomes increasingly unlikable.
Public bickering between club and coach has boiled over in the past week but the pot's been on the stove since mid-2014, the point at which Carlton might have made motions towards extending Malthouse's initial three-year contract beyond this 2015 season.
The 500 or so members (from a total of 9,000) expected in Hove will have card votes, emergency motions and fringe meetings like other conferences.
The poll will be a blow to the Tories, with the position of one of its MPs, Patrick Mercer, looking in jeopardy following claims that he has tabled parliamentary motions after taking thousands of pounds from a fake lobbying firm in a newspaper sting.
Australia no longer votes for general assembly motions criticising settlements or motions that note all settlements are illegal under international law.
Cameron did very good disdainful sort of "tut" motions as if his opponent was just not worth responding to.
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