"Some MPs have expressed vigorous views to me, that's certainly the case," he says euphemistically, "and not everybody in Parliament is full of admiration for everything that Ipsa does.
At breakfast, the BBC was setting the news agenda with a fairly eye-popping story about the Queen's vigorous views on the deportation of Abu Hamza; by lunchtime, it was apologising for abusing her confidence in so craven a fashion that it's a wonder director general George Entwistle didn't offer to decapitate himself for high treason.
Ms. Randall brings a vigorous world view that confronts conventional wisdom, whether uttered with highbrow pretension or street savvy.
Among college students and young people generally, vigorous conservative views are taking the place of the "Popular Front" mentality of the New Deal-Fair Deal years.
Despite his success, Mr. Smith chafed over restrictions by CBS executives who felt that his vigorous editorial views had at times overstepped network boundaries.
We forthwith acknowledge our awareness of the sensitive and emotional nature of the abortion controversy, of the vigorous opposing views, even among physicians, and of the deep and seemingly absolute convictions that the subject inspires...
In fact the evidence in the inquiry suggests vigorous differences of view and internal criticism: the producer of Today, Kevin Marsh, and the science reporter for Newsnight, Susan Watts, both distanced themselves from the defence correspondent Andrew Gilligan.
Nothing ever changes hands, other than a vigorous exchange of views.
Gimmick-free musical analysis it was but boy, was he a fabulous communicator, with vigorous, often controversial views that he could back up with example and chutzpah.
The outbreak of rancor was provoked by what a Downing Street spokesman called "a vigorous exchange of views" between the leaders at the conclusion of a summit conference of the 15-nation European Union in Brussels on Friday.
