Possible Clues:

• In the existing circumstances, arsenic may be used on Italian island
• "If nothing changes ... "
• In the present state, article lies about leader in Ireland
• "Things being what they are ..."
• In current circumstances, the way things are
• Given the position, in the circumstances
• Given current conditions
• 'The way things are ...'
• Is it one with the ass around like this?
• Like to sit one in, actually