The prime minister also tried to parry the Ukip threat by promising to introduce a UK bill of rights instead of the human rights act that incorporates the European Convention in UK law, and place EU rules on the free movement of labour at the heart of his renegotiation strategy.
Backbenchers continued to criticise the cost of the funeral, and No 10 continued to parry questions about it, saying figures would be published in due course.
Related: Fulham 4-3 Middlesbrough | Championship match report Five minutes later Brighton almost ended their goal drought but Heurelho Gomes flung himself to his left to parry a snap shot from the edge of the box from Chris O'Grady.
He dives at full stretch to his right to parry a long range effort from Toni Kroos, then gets up in time to smother the follow-up from Mario Gotze.
Simon Mignolet could only parry Charlie Adam's shot at the feet of Mame Biram Diouf and the striker scored from close range.
Juventus took an early lead when Morata raced down the left flank and the Dortmund goalkeeper, Roman Weidenfeller, could only parry his cross-come-shot straight into Tevez's path and he made no mistake from close range.
Bale's name was being chanted as early as the ninth minute – a predictable response to the sight of Djordevic capitalising on some poor Wales defending to nod Serbia in front after Boaz Myhill could only parry Markovic's header.
Tevez was given yards of space and when Casillas could only parry his low shot, Morata was on hand and onside to tap home.
If the punches being telegraphed by the Obama campaign are accurate – that Obama will raise the 47% line and so on – then Romney's best bet to build on his last debate performance is to be relaxed and ready to parry the inevitable counter-attacks, especially the Clinton-inspired "Here's old moderate Mitt" line.
He must deflect Tory claims that his party is fiscally irresponsible and has mismanaged the devolved Welsh health service (Labour is in power in Cardiff), and at the same time parry Plaid Cymru demands that he reverse the outgoing Westminster government's spending cuts.
Given the antics of Mr Sarkozy and Mrs Merkel, can anyone blame Mr Kenny for declaring that the CCCTB is the "back door" to tax harmonisation?Punch or parry?Mr Kenny should fight for Ireland's right to set its own tax policies.
