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Here we go.
14:40: Rather a self-deprecating and witty loyal address by self-confessed “dinosaur still living”, Frank Dobson. He gives a wonderful potted political history of his constituency, Holborn and St. Pancras, with particular reference to John Bellingham, who assassinated Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, whose descendant is a Tory MP. Dobson ends by celebrating the House of Commons and parliamentary democracy, though urging its urgent reform and that MPs listen to constituents; and he defends multi-cultural society, pointing towards his own constituency’s solidarity in the face of the 7/7 outrage.
15:00: David Cameron is on his feet, prasing the proposer and seconder of the loyal address. Cameron then talks about Afghanistan, and reiterates his support for continued military commitment and intensifying the reconstruction of Afghan infrastructue, a tougher approach to President Karzai and an effort to encourage India, China and Russia.
15:10: Cameron praises some of the speech, specifically those parts that the Tories introduced, such as the high speed rail link.
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