However, given the SNP's antipathy towards them — in Nicola Sturgeon's first speech as leader in November she said that she would «never, ever, put the Tories into government» — the Conservatives can't possibly make this work: between them, Labour and SNP can vote down the rest of the Commons combined. (totalpolitics.com)
Michael's Gove's first speech on prison policy this morning confirmed much of the optimism of campaigners. (politics.co.uk)
It is sixteen years since I first made first my speech to an ATL conference. (schoolsweek.co.uk)