Sentences with phrase «climbdown last»

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A climbdown from Ms Lagarde's office is even less likely after the Leftist Syriza government crossed the rubicon and became the first developed country in the IMF's 71 - year - history to default on the world's «lender of last resort» this week.

In a clear climbdown, Labour's Shadow Chancellor said it was «welcome news» that «at last economic growth is returning» in the UK, adding: «After three years of stagnation, any growth is better than no growth.»

«Ed Miliband is facing the gravest crisis of his leadership after former Home Secretary David Blunkett warned that he was putting the «entire Labour project» at risk... Mr Miliband was last night said to have been forced into a humiliating climbdown in his battle with the union barons because he feared the loss of their vital funds.

But though it was still successfully trying to influence media headlines during Cancun last week by saying that 2010 might yet end up as the warmest year, the small print reveals the Met Office climbdown.

There isn't much to celebrate about last week's «climbdown», aside from an opportunity to rethink the judicial review proposals.