Edited sentence: He announced that the bill for the unification of London was already in print, ready to be introduced to parliament.He gave a speech at the opening of Clerkenwell Town Hall in June 1895 where he declared that those who opposed unifiaction were facing an "irresistable movement"... "not a matter of party clamour, but a natural force", To continue to maintain "two Londons" would be a "civil war".In March 1894, Lord Rosebery, former chairman of the London County Council, had become prime minister.The bill, he stated "follows almost strictly and literally the recommendations of (the) commission".Unsurpisingly, he was highly supportive of the commission's proposals