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Ap Iorwerth used the conference in Swansea to present his party as a government in waiting, saying it was ready to replace Welsh Labour at the next vote in May.

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Breeden also said there are risks involved in waiting too long to lower borrowing costs.

Though the pair have kept their relationship largely out of the public eye, Grant recently praised Reeves’ “hard work and dedication to trying something new and brave” with his Broadway debut in “Waiting for Godot” this month.

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She believes that while people are happy to cast a protest vote, they currently question whether Reform are really a government in waiting - so challenging them on whether their policies hold together, or whether their numbers add up, is a way of undermining their support.

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On this solemn but beautiful New York day and after more than two years in waiting, Gustavo Dudamel took charge, at least in practice, of the New York Philharmonic.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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