So we have to use that pressure in order to recognise that in the Middle East there is a determination now to deal with the situation there and to try and ensure that we can resolve the position so that people can get back to the negotiating table, talk rather than commit these appalling acts of violence.

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He unconvincingly excuses the opponents of the British Factory Acts, which improved appalling labour conditions.

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