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The word is that Cameron will not provide details of any new policies; the speech will be hearfelt and probably spoken without notes. He will stress that the nation faces a critical choice: salvation or ruin. Cameron is at his best with his back to the wall, but he needs to produce something to eclipse the ‘we will fight, Britain will win’ speech. It is, he professes, his ‘patriotic duty’ to beat Gordon Brown.
14:06: He’s late….
14:07: James has just reminded BBC News that the Conservatives are doing well in the marginals and that Cameron will speak without notes, a bold move to get Cameron plastered across TV news this evening.
14:20 Here he is, walking into the Killers. Cameron opens be invoking 2007’s Conference. Stresses he’s never been complacent and immediately draws the comparison between himself and Brown and then is clear that it is his duty to beat Brown.
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