Supposedly, or so I have heard, some expect my speech to pave the way for a fundamental reform of the European architecture, which will satisfy all kinds of alleged or actual British wishes.
The decision to pave the way for the possible supply of arms to Iraq means that the UK may once again bear responsibility – if only indirectly – for casualties in Iraq.
Sumita Shah, a spokesman for the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales, said the increase in self-assessed income tax receipts was "reassuring" and rising employee earnings growth should also help pave the way for an increase in income tax receipts in the coming months.
"If the Scottish experiment worked, it could make a pure residence charge look sensible rather than extreme, and thereby pave the way for its introduction in England and Wales," said Letwin, confirming the long-made but never confirmed charge that Thatcher treated people in Scotland as "guinea pigs" for England and Wales.
Olivier Blanchard, the IMF's chief economist, appeared to pave the way for an exit when he said earlier this week that the eurozone without Greece was possible, saying that for the rest of the 19-member currency bloc it "would not be smooth sailing, but it could probably be done".
Sinn Fein has big ambitions in the Irish Republic, where it has one MP, but it hopes gains in the next couple of elections could leave it holding the balance of power in a future coalition government, helping to pave the way to a united Ireland.
Eurozone finance ministers convene on 11 May, and negotiators have been in marathon talks to pave the way to an agreement that could be signed off at the meeting.
He suggested this could pave the way to an electoral pact with individual Lib Dems not to stand against them at the next election: If certain Liberal Democrats were to promise to take the Conservative whip after the next election, then there is a case for not opposing those particular MPs.
