Strangest vocal accompaniment heard on historic occasions is the throaty "Hear! Hear!" of the House of Commons. Sometimes it is a weird rumble sounding like so many "woof-woofs" uttered by congratulatory bears. Sometimes it ebbs and swells with a rising inflection, as though incompetent mechanics were tinkering with a siren. Incomprehensible to visitors, in the bad acoustics of the hall, punctuated with opposition cries of "Rubbish!" "No!" "Order!" "Resign!" it rumbles periodically over all debates.
But last week, when the House of Commons heard Prime Minister Chamberlain give a momentous speech advocating reversal...
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