1.   Any political decision that could lead to the closure of either Devonport or Rossythe would also put the defence of this country at risk.

2.   Pateman also says the only democratic element in liberal democracies is the vote and then when representatives make political decisions on their behalf the electorate renounce power.

3.   It is necessary to be involved in making political decisions, without having to fight for them.

4.   But political decisions can conflict with good management.

5.   It would be, in fact, in the nature of a political decision and as such one which Civil Servants are accustomed to leave to their masters.

6.   Summing up his goodwill mission, Benavides said that the sharp differences between the two sides would only be overcome by a political decision made at highest level.

7.   In certain extreme circumstances, Her Majesty may find herself in a position in which she is called on to use her discretion in making a political decision.

8.   The strength and the value of the contemporary monarchy derives from being above and avoiding political decisions.

9.   First, conventionalism explains how the content of past political decisions can be made explicit and noncontestable.

10.   Law as integrity supposes that people are entitled to a coherent and principled extension of past political decisions even when judges profoundly disagree about what this means.