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And that’s a wrap on the prime minister’s speech – you can read the full transcript here:
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Boris Johnson concludes his speech by calling on the population to come together for our “collective health”.
We must rely on our willingness to look out for each other, to protect each other. Never in our history has our collective destiny and our collective health depended so completely on our individual behaviour.
If we follow these simple rules together, we will get through this winter together. There are unquestionably difficult months to come.
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