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Thursday, 3 December 2015

Read 1 thing today: Hilary Benn's superb speech last night explaining why Parliament is right to join UN action

http://blogs.new.spectator.co.uk/2015/12/full-text-of-hilary-benns-extraordinary-speech-in-favour-of-syria-airstrikes/
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