So creative tension was his over-riding priority?
The safety of our customers and staff is always our over-riding priority and we would never do anything to compromise it".
He is unlikely to have more than a couple of races between now and next March, with a return to defend his crown the over-riding priority.
May has stated unequivocally that immigration control is her over-riding priority and that Norway or Switzerland can no longer be models for Britain's relationship with the EU.
The over-riding priority should be to boost the caring economy through sustained investment: providing universal childcare for working parents, and comprehensive social care for those with acute needs in later life.
The task for the shadow chancellor Ed Balls is relatively simple because he needs to make only three points: Firstly, that the government has failed on deficit reduction, its over-riding priority in 2010.
An over-riding priority to lower CO2 emissions helped make the case for the fuel, and a litre of diesel today costs €0.184 less than petrol in Germany and €0.173 less in France.
The unspoken, over-riding priority is for national unity, above all else, in the face of a common threat – and this fundamental idea, at such times, is fiercely held and almost tribal in origin.
And it is a bit rich to claim that defence is your over-riding priority if you apparently let your fellow Republicans doctor the Homeland Security Bill for the benefit of a big drug firm.But the biggest problem with K-Street conservatism is that it puts producers in front of everybody else.
"Our over-riding priority remains the welfare of our customers and to that end, Virgin Holidays is working round the clock, both on the ground overseas and here in the UK, to ensure our customers are kept as well informed and comfortable as possible.
Mr Gove said the "over-riding priority for capital investment is to ensure every child has a place at school".
