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The prospective inclusion of the relatively eurosceptic FDP in Angela Merkel's new coalition combined with a rise in anti-establishment sentiment in Germany could well make a fair and reasonable Brexit deal more likely than not
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Eavesdropping and diplomacy meet Goldilocks
Eavesdropping and Diplomacy. The gift that keeps on giving, if fatuous grandstanding is what you want. Can you see any government abandoning its right to protect its citizens through electronic surveillance of some sort?
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