take soundings

The Parades Commission will now take soundings before making a decision, which is currently due on 3 July.

The party's top official in Hamburg, Christoph Ploss, said the CDU should take soundings with its potential coalition partners: "We have to move forward step by step."

"In fact he offered to take soundings himself and said that reassurance needed to be given to the local residents."

It is believed Downing Street, which has ordered Tory whips to take soundings among MPs this weekend, is ready, initially, to order a partial climbdown by agreeing to bring forward a debate on the already introduced “rule of six” from early next month to this week.

Even the Palestinians admire their readiness to take soundings in refugee camps, not just from politicians.