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Darling’s speech: updates from the conference hall

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1204: The hall is relatively full for Darling. He starts off by talking about the big choice that faces the country, saying we have learned in the last year what a difference a government can make.

1206: Darling is trying to do the populist banker bashing, but his delivery is not right for it.

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