would regularly champion southend s case to officially be made a city. on that, heres the prime minister again. iam happy i am happy to announce that her majesty has agreed that south bend will be accorded a city status it so keenly deserves. next to speak was the leader of the opposition labour party. each tribute paints its own picture of a committed public servant of kindness of a committed public servant of kindness and of a man whose decency touched kindness and of a man whose decency touched everybody that he met. taken together touched everybody that he met. taken together these attributes are a powerful testimony to the respect, the affection and yes, the laws that david the affection and yes, the laws that david was the affection and yes, the laws that david was held in across politics and across different communities.