They hope that as a result of failure to agree with us the other arrangements will be "scuppered".
I was suddenly in a home where the staff were not supportive; frankly, they were scuppering.
Markets can be, largely scuppered by the trade unions.
Why have those arguments for the moment been scuppered?
No doubt the advent of the general election scuppered all that.
Then something strange happened during the arms negotiations, which ultimately scuppered the operation.
One initiative after another has been scuppered because one section of the community could not gain the consent and support of the other.
The agreement also scuppers the basis for environmental constraints, because it is a polluters charter.
