Original sentence: Following the Liberal Party win at the Aston by-election, Howard said that the Coalition was "back in the game".With Howard telling Cabinet he would not be "sacrificed on the pyre of ideological purity", the government announced a series of policy reversals and softenings which boosted the government's fortunes, as did news that the economy had avoided recession
Edited sentence: Following the Liberal Party win at the Aston by-election, Howard said that the Coalition was “back in the game”.With Howard telling Cabinet he was "not going to be sacrificed on the pyre of ideological purity", the government announced a series of policy reversals and softenings which boosted the government's fortunes, as did news that the economy had avoided recession