When that bell rings, it takes a special kind of courage to answer the call and rush, at great risk to yourself, to help your fellow citizens.

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"Let it ring out from our conference today: the Conservative Party is ready, it is hungry for victory and if Gordon Brown ever summons up the courage to call an election we are going to beat him, " said Mr Hague.

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