What is critical for this country is that this House rises to the challenge on 7 December and implements the budget so that our people can know that we will go forward in 2011 with the sort of support we need, the sort of facilities in place that are required and that we have a plan with which we can go forward. After all of that in 2011, we can go to the people and ask them to decide who they believe should govern them on the basis of who has the most coherent policies and the best prospect of success.

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