The party risks placing itself out of what my uncle, Nelson Rockefeller, called the mainstream.
"An obsession with the mechanics of Westminster voting risks placing real devolution back in the 'too difficult box' for another generation".
This lack of regard to the convention, coupled with the potentially retrogressive impact of these reforms, risks placing the UK in breach of its international obligations.
The precedent risks placing the real power for drug approval not just with a cabinet secretary, but with the White House itself.
While superficially attractive, this again risks placing donors' targets ahead of the needs of the people aid is supposed to help.
Such "populism" risks placing the voices of black women, who often face multiple discriminations along the lines of gender, race and class, as some "elite" group hankering after something that is far removed from the experiences of everyday women.
Joe Hart risks placing his career in limbo by staying at Manchester City as a back-up goalkeeper, despite knowing that doing so will threaten his status as England's No1.
Mark Boleat, policy chairman at the City of London Corporation, said: This bonus cap risks placing the EU at a competitive disadvantage to other international financial centres in Asia and the US.
Except, say critics, rather than taking the church into the mainstream, as Blair did with Labour, the focus on evangelism risks placing the church firmly on the fringe, in the hands of zealots.
