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Having grown up in a deeply evangelical community where strident gender roles managed to scrub the fun out of almost everything, I’d never been particularly invested in looking domestic, per se.

In a lively debate there were some strident voices arguing that the next Holyrood election should be used as a substitute referendum.

Neither are from the strident far left of the Labour movement, nor ardent members of the New Labour fan tribe.

And there's strident opposition to this agreement inside Israel's cabinet.

The Norwegian committee is appointed by the country's parliament, and although the members – usually retired MPs – fiercely guard their independence, many have strident views.