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The admission comes some three weeks after the Supreme Court, without explanation, held that federal agents could continue stopping and arresting people based on race, language and perceived economic status.

By the admission of the soldiers who oversee the convicts, these men will need "great luck" to survive until the end of the war.

"The resolution of previous litigation in the US did not involve any admission of liability and 3M is prepared to defend itself in any litigation threatened in the English courts," he said.

This is a tacit admission that after whatever emerges from the Budget, everyone would benefit from a period of stability, and that has not been the case over the past year.

It's a startling admission - a year after winning a record six Brit Awards in a single night, Raye still worries about the precarious nature of success.