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Irony devours itself in the Salic law speech.
What's more rare is to see the logic of the Salic law speech taken seriously.
And both rabbit and duck first appear to us in the deceptive thickets of the Salic law speech.
"He did it straight, he used a blackboard, he demonstrated that the Salic law speech is not necessarily a parody of a historical argument but has a logic".
What's less often noted is that the Salic law speech may also undercut even the oft-celebrated romanticism of Henry's awkward bilingual wooing of the French princess, Katharine, after his victory at Agincourt at the close of the play.
And while "Henry V" is full of famously rousing and heroic speeches -- "Once more unto the breach...," "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" -- in some telling ways the Salic law speech, which many productions radically cut for fear the audience will flee or doze, may be, in some respects, as important as the battle cries.
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3.53pm BST Nick Thornsby has a good summary of the Laws speech at Lib Dem Voice.
3.16pm BST Here's some Twitter reaction to the Laws speech.
How many of the no voters felt utterly betrayed watching Cameron's "English votes for English laws" speech?
The state also collided with another value enshrined in law: free speech.
I arrived at court armed with the requisite textbooks on human rights law, free speech and protest.
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