He called on politicians and the public to set aside "narrow sectional interest" and work together to make India "a demonstrably better and safer place for women to live in".

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Right now the debate on the NHS Bill is overwhelmed with detail and sectional interest: that's good, because we're a democracy (I have just come back from the Philippines so am feeling generous towards our own political system).

BBC: Health Bill: Where's the strategic argument?

To make sure they do so, Italians will need to shed their ignavia and to become more active and demanding -- not in their sectional or local interests, but in the national interest.

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