There are problems, they are getting worse, there is no effective competition.

I think I'm part of the competition. Nothing's decided yet.

They do not address any problems with competition. They're basically requiring an unspecified demonstration of benefits that they've never required in any other case. We are very confused, we are very disappointed.

There are two main problems with the paper. It is not possible to build a European market while leaving competition control on the national level.

The real problems with the levees are that there's no funding available to maintain or repair them and the permit process is too onerous. It's a three-to-five-year process and it has gotten so bad the only way we can get levee maintenance done is when they fail. That's the only time we can actually fix anything.

In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well.