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...Alok Sharma, the former Tory minister who was president of the COP26 climate summit in 2021, said on the social media platform X that the UK “had been a leader on climate action but we cannot rest on our laurels...
...Meanwhile, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will warn his shadow cabinet this week not to rest on its laurels after securing “great” results in the council elections, suggesting the main opposition party could...
...With enough awards to stock a pawnbroker’s window, Russell Maliphant could be excused for resting on his laurels....
...When the Brexiters said, oh, Brexit will unleash Britain's global potential, that made me very annoyed because we weren't sitting on our laurels just easily selling into France....
...Some senior government officials have started referring to BaronessHarding and Lord Bethell, health minister, as “Laurel and Hardy”....
...Some Number 10 officials privately refer to Dido Harding and James Bethell, the two Tory peers in charge of the testing programme, as “Laurel and Hardy”....
...Inlaid Leather Trivial Pursuit by Geoffrey Parker, £2,640 The classic general knowledge quiz can be made in various dyed leathers, embossed in silver or gold, with the pieces and cards stored in the plinth...
...This year’s line-up is suitably hippyish, including Laurel Canyon throwback Jonathan Wilson, modern psychedelicists Tunng, veteran acid-rockers Mercury Rev and the cosmic road music of the War on Drugs,...
...Why Three large roof terraces form about 2,000 sq ft of outdoor space and gardens, planted with azaleas, laurel, peach and palm trees. There is also a private pool and views over the city....
...Protagonist Barbara Parker progresses from beauty pageants and make-up counters to a role in a successful sitcom. Artful and perceptive....
...Since then, the bar has been raised incrementally to £10.6m in 2011, when a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa claimed the laurels....
...That is why we know the names of Colonel Tom Parker and Brian Epstein....
...Strange Shores , by Arnaldur Indridason, translated by Victoria Cribb, Harvill Secker, RRP£14.99 The king of Icelandic crime fiction is not resting on his laurels, as the valedictory Strange Shores proves...
...Editorial comment: Old Lady cannot rest on her laurels The Bank of England delivered its quarterly inflation report with one new feather in its cap....
...Clegg’s main case for change revolved around first-past-the-post being an “outdated” system that poorly represented the will of the nation, sapped participation and permitted some MPs to rest on their laurels...
...To them all, laurels. And then, Enigma Variations. Ashton’s loving view of Elgar and his friends, in loving design by Julia Trevelyan Oman, is no less, if differently, taxing....
...Like Taylor, he refuses to rest on his laurels, and the effect is life-affirming. Tel 0871 663 2501...
...Mr Lapthorne says: “We are not going to rest on our laurels at 200p but are going to push for the next level of performance.”...
...Arguably, Mr Parker has had his reward....
...Hopefully, the continuing threat of a private equity bid will ensure Mr Parker does not rest on his laurels....
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