:00:24. > :00:28.Good evening and welcome to the final round-up of the Labour Party
:00:28. > :00:33.conference here in Liverpool. On Tuesday, Ed Miliband said he wanted
:00:33. > :00:40.to build a new society, a new economy. On Wednesday, he had to
:00:40. > :00:43.point out he was not anti- business been left on the final day to the
:00:43. > :00:48.deputy leader, Harriet Harman, to try to regain some of the political
:00:48. > :00:53.initiative and refocus the attack on the Conservatives. She focused
:00:53. > :00:58.particularly on voter registration. It has been great to be here in
:00:58. > :01:02.Liverpool this week. On behalf of everyone here at our conference, I
:01:02. > :01:07.want to give a huge thank you to all the people of Liverpool. You
:01:07. > :01:11.gave us such a warm welcome, you are rightly proud of your
:01:11. > :01:20.magnificent city, and we are proud of Labour's role in its
:01:20. > :01:24.transformation. But people are worried, here and
:01:24. > :01:28.throughout the country. Worried about their job, worried about the
:01:28. > :01:35.prospect for their kids, about what is going to happen in their local
:01:35. > :01:40.area. And there is only one party leader who understands that, and it
:01:40. > :01:49.isn't Nick Clegg, and it certainly isn't David Cameron. It is our
:01:49. > :01:54.Labour leader Ed Miliband. He spoke up for the squeezed middle, and he
:01:54. > :01:59.is right. He has understood people's fears for their children,
:01:59. > :02:03.and their aspirations for them, too. He shares their anger that the
:02:03. > :02:07.bankers are getting off scot-free, and he said that as prime minister,
:02:07. > :02:13.he would end reckless irresponsibility from the bottom,
:02:13. > :02:23.write to the top. Ed was the first party leader to speak up against
:02:23. > :02:26.
:02:27. > :02:33.the abhorrent phone hacking. Ed I here that phone hacking is going
:02:33. > :02:37.to be made into a phone, had gate the movie. -- into a film. One of
:02:37. > :02:42.the leading roles is Chris Bryant. That has been relatively easy to
:02:42. > :02:46.cast, it is obviously Daniel Craig. There is one problem, and it is a
:02:46. > :02:56.huge headache for the casting director. They just can't find
:02:56. > :02:57.
:02:58. > :03:04.anyone with enough raw magnetism to play it our very own Tom Watson!
:03:04. > :03:09.But all the time that Murdoch has been in the headlines, another
:03:09. > :03:15.crisis has been going on, as people see the economic storm clouds
:03:15. > :03:20.gathering. Today, we heard about the terrible job losses at BAE
:03:20. > :03:24.Systems. All around the country, behind their front doors, people
:03:24. > :03:31.are worried. Behind the front door of Downing Street, the Tories are
:03:31. > :03:36.oblivious. It is not going to affect them, so it doesn't matter.
:03:36. > :03:40.They also removed from people's lives. But I hear they do watch TV
:03:40. > :03:45.from time to time, and I hear they love Downton Abbey. The only thing
:03:45. > :03:50.is they think it is a fly-on-the- wall documentary. They never need
:03:50. > :03:58.to do their own dirty work. Why would they, they have got Nick
:03:58. > :04:04.Clegg and the Lib Dems to do that. The Lib Dems boast, you will have
:04:04. > :04:11.heard it, that they are a brake on the Tories. What happened, then, on
:04:11. > :04:16.tuition fees, VAT, police cuts, the NHS, clearly the brakes failed.
:04:16. > :04:23.There is no doubt who is in the driving seat. It is clear who is at
:04:23. > :04:28.the wheel, and this time it is not Chris Huhne, it is the Tories. On
:04:28. > :04:33.the rare occasion when the Lib Dems in government do get there a --
:04:33. > :04:37.their way, what do they do? They make it harder for local
:04:37. > :04:43.communities to get CCTV and they force the police to destroy DNA
:04:43. > :04:49.evidence, which is vital for convicting criminals. And the Lib
:04:49. > :04:53.Dems, to their eternal shame, a colluding with the Tories in
:04:53. > :04:58.changing the law on the electoral register. The plans the Tories have
:04:58. > :05:03.set out are going to push people off the electoral register, deny
:05:03. > :05:08.them their voice, and deny them their vote. The numbers are going
:05:08. > :05:15.to be huge. The Independent Electoral Commission warned that
:05:15. > :05:19.this could deny millions of people in this country the right to vote.
:05:19. > :05:24.And the Tories are doing it because they hope it will help them win the
:05:24. > :05:30.election. That is a shame for the assault on people's democratic
:05:30. > :05:34.rights, and we will expose it, and campaign against it. Parliament has
:05:34. > :05:44.no right to take away people's right to vote, and the government
:05:44. > :05:45.
:05:45. > :05:49.cannot be allowed to get away with it. The two Eds both acknowledged
:05:49. > :05:53.what we all know, but not everything we did in government
:05:53. > :05:58.turned out right. And people need to know that over the past year, we
:05:58. > :06:04.have taken a hard look at what we did and we have learnt lessons. But
:06:04. > :06:11.it is time now to move on, because we have got important work to do.
:06:11. > :06:15.When it comes to Sure Start children centres, we have got to
:06:16. > :06:20.fight to stop them closing. When it comes to the 50p tax rate, we have
:06:20. > :06:24.got to say now is not the time to drop it. When it comes to saving
:06:25. > :06:34.lives in the developing world, we have got to make the Tories keep
:06:35. > :06:37.
:06:37. > :06:42.our aid budget. When it comes to This week has seen debate and
:06:42. > :06:47.discussion of Labour people all across the country. I want to say
:06:47. > :06:57.to our Welsh delegates, how proud we are of the work of Carwyn Jones
:06:57. > :07:01.and his team in the Welsh Assembly. And I want to say, too, how much
:07:01. > :07:05.our hearts go out to the families of the four Welsh miners, and the
:07:05. > :07:10.family of the Yorkshire miner who died this week. Men who worked hard
:07:10. > :07:13.in difficult conditions and who tragically lost their lives. Our
:07:13. > :07:20.thoughts are with them and their families.
:07:20. > :07:24.We have heard about the process of renewal under way in Scottish
:07:24. > :07:29.Labour. I would like to pay tribute to Iain Gray. His passionate speech
:07:29. > :07:36.at this conference shows he is the best first minister Scotland never
:07:36. > :07:41.This week, we have had a sharper focus on our campaign for the
:07:41. > :07:45.Greater London Assembly, and for Mayor of London. What does Tory
:07:45. > :07:51.Boris Johnson stand for? Higher fares for Londoners, lower tax for
:07:51. > :08:01.bankers. Let's face it, Boris is in it for himself, Labour's Ken
:08:01. > :08:13.
:08:13. > :08:19.Livingstone is in it for London, And a stronger voice for young
:08:19. > :08:23.people, many at conference for the first time, some as young as 16
:08:23. > :08:26.speaking with such conviction. With the Tory Lib Dem attack on the
:08:27. > :08:30.Future Jobs Fund, EMA, tuition fees, the government have hit the
:08:30. > :08:37.prospects for young people, but young people are hitting back. We
:08:37. > :08:46.have seen this week, the dynamic new generation of young Labour.
:08:46. > :08:51.This week has been a turning point. Ed has shown his bold and
:08:51. > :08:55.optimistic vision of the future. We have challenged the unspoken
:08:55. > :08:59.orthodoxies that have governed Britain for too long, and we have
:08:59. > :09:09.refounded our party so we can be a force that changes people's lives.
:09:09. > :09:11.
:09:11. > :09:14.Conference, let's go for it. Deputy leader, Harriet Harman. Also
:09:14. > :09:19.on the platform today was the shadow community is secretary,
:09:19. > :09:24.Caroline Flint. Here's what she had to say. -- Shadow Communities
:09:24. > :09:30.Secretary. The Tories like to talk the language of localism, but it is
:09:30. > :09:34.a strange localism that imposes cuts that fall deeper and faster on
:09:34. > :09:40.local councils and communities than on almost any central government
:09:40. > :09:43.department. It is a strange localism that dismantles local
:09:43. > :09:48.services and puts blind faith in volunteers taking up the reins.
:09:48. > :09:53.Because, as Ed Miliband has said, you can't volunteer in your local
:09:53. > :09:58.Sure Start centre or library when it has already been closed. It is a
:09:58. > :10:01.strange localism that sees Eric Pickles take to the TV studios to
:10:01. > :10:11.smear local councillors with cynical, politically motivated
:10:11. > :10:12.
:10:12. > :10:18.attacks. It is a supreme irony that a man of
:10:18. > :10:28.Eric Pickles stature is the Minister for meals on wheels.
:10:28. > :10:30.
:10:30. > :10:34.And let's face it, barely a day goes by without yet another missive
:10:34. > :10:40.from Mr Pickles to local councils. It would take more than a weekly
:10:40. > :10:45.bin collection to get rid of his rubbish. Labour councils are
:10:45. > :10:50.showing that we are the real party of localism. Not the party of big
:10:50. > :10:55.government, or an overbearing white wall, but the party of quality
:10:55. > :11:01.local services, of modern housing and stronger communities. Giving
:11:01. > :11:06.people a voice, giving them hope, when all the Tories offer is chaos,
:11:06. > :11:10.confusion and fear. Conference, one Tory MP said that chaos in the
:11:10. > :11:14.planning system is a good thing. Well, they have certainly delivered
:11:14. > :11:19.on that. They're planning reforms have already caused confusion and
:11:19. > :11:23.alarm -- their are planning reforms. We are living in strange times when
:11:23. > :11:29.the government reveals that the National Trust is part of a vast
:11:29. > :11:34.left-wing conspiracy. I must be going to the wrong meetings. Course,
:11:34. > :11:38.we all want an effective planning system that is able to meet our
:11:38. > :11:41.future needs for housing, transport and infrastructure, and which
:11:41. > :11:45.supports jobs and growth. And that is exactly what we did in
:11:46. > :11:52.government. Building businesses and homes, creating jobs, supporting
:11:52. > :11:55.growth. We did so while we created new national parks and protected
:11:55. > :12:04.over 1.6 million hectares of green belt.
:12:04. > :12:10.Labour did so while insuring brownfield and town-centre first
:12:10. > :12:16.policies, and we won't let them undermine this now. It is a
:12:16. > :12:19.disgraceful sight, to seek Tory and Liberal Democrat ministers proudly
:12:19. > :12:23.publicising their opposition to local housing schemes in their
:12:23. > :12:28.backyard, while standing in Parliament, wringing their hands
:12:28. > :12:35.about the need for more homes. Pure hypocrisy.
:12:35. > :12:44.The truth is, the economy isn't stalling because of the planning
:12:44. > :12:48.system, it is stalling because of Cuts that go too far, too fast, and
:12:48. > :12:53.no plan for growth. Look at what they are doing on housing. First-
:12:53. > :12:59.time buyers waiting longer, fewer houses built last year than any
:12:59. > :13:04.year since the 1920s. 200,000 new homes cancelled in 18 months.
:13:04. > :13:07.Waiting lists for council house is soaring, and only half a million
:13:07. > :13:12.mortgages provided last year. That is half the number provided each
:13:12. > :13:17.year during Labour's first 10 years. Conference, the Tories have sucked
:13:18. > :13:21.the life out of our economy and hit the building industry hard. And for
:13:21. > :13:26.every one of the housing developments cancelled, there are
:13:26. > :13:30.skilled people put out of work, and small suppliers put out of business.
:13:30. > :13:36.That is why we must kick-start the building industry, by repeating the
:13:36. > :13:46.bankers bonus tax to fund 25,000 new homes, and why a temporary cut
:13:46. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:54.in VAT to -- on home improvements Because George, you might enjoy it
:13:54. > :13:58.hurting, but it certainly ain't working.
:13:58. > :14:05.APPLAUSE Conference, I am proud of what we
:14:05. > :14:09.achieved in our 13 years in power. Proud of the 1.5 million homes
:14:09. > :14:13.modernised, proud of the 250,000 affordable homes built in the teeth
:14:13. > :14:19.of a recession. And proud of the one million extra families able to
:14:19. > :14:24.buy a home for the first time. But I'm honest too that we did not do
:14:24. > :14:29.enough. In Government, we were too slow to trust local councils and
:14:29. > :14:33.communities. We were too reluctant to relinquish the levers of the
:14:33. > :14:40.state. Too often we looked like the party of Whitehall, not the Town
:14:40. > :14:44.Hall. Ed Miliband and I both know the only way you create stronger,
:14:44. > :14:49.safer, fairer communities is by trusting people to make their own
:14:49. > :14:56.decisions. As our film showed, Labour councils are pioneering new
:14:56. > :15:00.ways of delivering services, reinvigorating civic life and
:15:00. > :15:04.empowering local people. Localism can never mean cutting councils
:15:05. > :15:09.loose, leaving communities to fend for themselves or pitting the north
:15:09. > :15:13.against the south, where the Tories try to divide our country, we will
:15:13. > :15:20.seek unity around a funding system fair to everyone and which reflects
:15:20. > :15:25.need as well as encongestion chargeing growth. -- Encouraging
:15:25. > :15:30.growth. Caroline Flint there. Earlier Andrew spoke to her and
:15:30. > :15:37.asked where she'd been during the riots? I was away. When I came back
:15:37. > :15:41.I went to visit Lewisham. I visited crowden, Ealing and Birmingham to
:15:41. > :15:46.speak to people and see how they felt about it. Should you have had
:15:46. > :15:49.a higher profile snfrplts I think Ed wanted Yvette to handle it
:15:49. > :15:53.because it was the policing issue in the first instance. In terms of
:15:53. > :15:56.the follow up to it, it's how the councils responded and what the
:15:56. > :16:02.Government will support council in terms of the clear up. Just to say
:16:02. > :16:08.something about your point about these are our children, I think in
:16:08. > :16:11.terms of, some some of these cases, the rot set in before that. We
:16:11. > :16:16.didn't have riots in Doncaster. But we're suffering with the loss of
:16:16. > :16:19.coal mining and intergenerational unemployment. There are issues
:16:19. > :16:22.around families in London and elsewhere where that's the case as
:16:22. > :16:26.well. That doesn't excuse the fact that, to be honest, when I went to
:16:26. > :16:31.Croydon, what I was being told, it wasn't Croydon young people, they
:16:31. > :16:35.were organised criminals that took advantage of a situation. Reading
:16:35. > :16:38.the comments about this so-called Shadow Cabinet reshuffle that's
:16:38. > :16:43.coming up, I can't work out whether you're going to be fired or
:16:43. > :16:46.promoted. I really don't know. What's your instinct? I haven't
:16:46. > :16:49.really heard about many of the comments. You're so busy getting on
:16:50. > :16:54.with what you're doing. You go through the week and you don't see
:16:54. > :16:58.much of the news or read the papers. I try to do the best job I can,
:16:59. > :17:02.Andrew and I very much enjoy doing my brief on this. It's given me an
:17:02. > :17:07.opportunity to think about how we reconnect with local government
:17:07. > :17:12.base. We're expecting a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle now because for
:17:12. > :17:16.the first time, a Labour leader has the power to choose his or her own
:17:16. > :17:19.Shadow Cabinet, as oppose totd one MPs elect for him. Exactly. That's
:17:19. > :17:23.been an important transition in the last year. If you look back at
:17:23. > :17:26.what's been significant for Ed, that is up there, that he made a
:17:26. > :17:30.decision that that's what he wanted to do and brought the party with
:17:30. > :17:33.him on that one. It helps him both to define himself, the sort of team
:17:34. > :17:37.he wants and how he wants to build that team. Are you comfortable with
:17:37. > :17:41.the direction of the party in the sense that it's not saying, look,
:17:41. > :17:45.New Labour's run out of steam, it's time to inject new life into New
:17:45. > :17:49.Labour for a new era, but saying New Labour is over and we're
:17:49. > :17:52.starting something new. I'm not sure it's saying New Labour is over,
:17:52. > :17:56.because I think about what did it mean to me when I got involved in
:17:56. > :18:00.the party and when I saw those years, 18 years in Opposition. For
:18:00. > :18:05.me it was always about the Labour Party getting itself to a place
:18:05. > :18:09.where it can reflect modern aspects of our lives that were changing,
:18:09. > :18:13.but hold onto the principles we built our party on. I don't think
:18:13. > :18:17.that's changed. We have to move on. The problem was New Labour was so
:18:17. > :18:22.associated with two particular individuals. We can't allow that to
:18:22. > :18:27.just capture us for the rest of time. I think it's about moving
:18:27. > :18:30.forward, but dealing with the challenges of today and tomorrow.
:18:30. > :18:36.Have you not opened yourselves to the criticism of your opponents,
:18:36. > :18:40.that it represents a clear move to the left. Mr Miliband doesn't talk
:18:40. > :18:44.about the market economy any more. He talks about the centre, but he
:18:44. > :18:49.implies the centre has moved left to him. I don't think it's about
:18:49. > :18:53.moving to the left, because I look at Yvette's speech on law and order.
:18:53. > :18:57.We're the ones defending keeping DNA records, keeping CCTV, keeping
:18:57. > :19:00.police numbers up. I've talked about changing the way in which we
:19:00. > :19:04.look at allocating social housing to make sure that working people on
:19:04. > :19:08.low incomes get a shout. Those policies have been absolutely
:19:08. > :19:11.supported by Ed. There are challenges that we have to face up
:19:11. > :19:14.to - the financial system, we didn't regulate it well enough.
:19:14. > :19:18.That has, over the last few years, been concerns about parts of
:19:18. > :19:21.business and how it operates. There's very good examples of
:19:21. > :19:25.business in this country that develop their workforce, work with
:19:25. > :19:29.communities and there are others, let me give you an example,
:19:29. > :19:33.businesses that go into liquidation, having not paid their business
:19:33. > :19:38.rates, leaving their staff without any wages and then they can just
:19:38. > :19:44.start up again under another name. I think it's talking about the bad
:19:44. > :19:48.practices, in doing that, we're not anti-wealth or anti-enterprise.
:19:48. > :19:54.know, it has been an eventful year for erld. So we asked the former
:19:54. > :19:59.Cabinet minister Alan Johnson for his take on the last 12 months.
:19:59. > :20:06.# They seek him here # They seek him there
:20:06. > :20:11.# His clothes are loud # But never square
:20:11. > :20:15.# It won't make or break him # So he's got to buy the best
:20:15. > :20:19.# Because he's a dedicated follower of fashion #
:20:19. > :20:23.. Refashioning the Labour Party was never going to be easy for Ed
:20:23. > :20:27.Miliband. Taking on the worst job, leader of the Opposition, at the
:20:27. > :20:32.worst time just after an election defeat and in the worst possible
:20:32. > :20:37.circumstances, beating his brother at the Labour Party Conference.
:20:37. > :20:42.Isn't the biggest favour that Ed Miliband can do -- David Miliband
:20:42. > :20:47.can do is to end the psycho drama. I came on Saturday, planning a
:20:47. > :20:50.slightly different week and so, I'm now thinking what I'm going to do
:20:50. > :20:54.instead. You know what, it's measuring up to be a pretty good
:20:54. > :21:01.year for Labour. Party membership sin creasing. We're ahead in the
:21:01. > :21:08.polls. We had notable successes in local elections. So far, we've won
:21:08. > :21:12.every by-election. # Oh, yes he is
:21:12. > :21:17.# Oh, yes he is # We were stitched newspaper Scotland.
:21:17. > :21:22.Unfortunately for Ed and for me, the alternative vote didn't suit
:21:22. > :21:27.the public. But despite the party being split on the referendum, it
:21:27. > :21:31.didn't damage the leader. In other areas, Ed has bravely decided to do
:21:31. > :21:35.what he thinks is right. For example, scrapping the Shadow
:21:35. > :21:40.Cabinet elections and making it clear that he wants to change the
:21:40. > :21:45.rules for electing the party leader. In respect the policy, Ed probably
:21:45. > :21:51.made life difficult for himself by supporting a graduate tax and a
:21:51. > :21:55.blank sheet of paper probably wasn't the best phrase to use. But
:21:55. > :21:59.this early in a Parliament, no Opposition leader wants to pick
:21:59. > :22:05.policies off the peg. And Ed isn't your typical party leader, forever
:22:05. > :22:11.chasing headlines. But the last 12 months have really been all about
:22:11. > :22:14.the cuts. Ed has been very clear that we have to cut our coat
:22:14. > :22:20.according to our cloth, but sometimes that message has been
:22:20. > :22:30.lost. Our struggle, friends, is to fight to preserve, protect and
:22:30. > :22:33.defend the things we value. Parliament, Ed is up against a
:22:33. > :22:38.consummate performer in David Cameron. Today we learn the Foreign
:22:38. > :22:42.Secretary describes this gang as the children of Thatcher.
:22:42. > :22:46.rather be a child of Thatcher than a son of Brown. Whilst he's taken
:22:46. > :22:53.some hits, he's also had some notable successes. He was statesman
:22:53. > :22:57.like on Libya. He was strong on issues like cancer sufferers, DNA
:22:57. > :23:03.and of course, the hacking scandal and David Cameron's decision to
:23:03. > :23:07.hire Andy Coulsonment -- Andy Coulson. He's got to admit he made
:23:07. > :23:15.a catastrophic error of judgment by bringing Andy Coulson... Into the
:23:15. > :23:19.heart of his Downing Street machine. On reflection, I think Ed's had a
:23:19. > :23:23.good year. On personal issues, he's got a new wife, new baby, a
:23:23. > :23:31.different nose and a brother less estranged than he seemed to be a
:23:31. > :23:38.year ago. I think Ed Miliband's done extremely well. I think he'll
:23:38. > :23:42.grow in confidence and in stature, as his turn unfolds. Alan Johnson
:23:42. > :23:47.with his take on Labour's year. What about this week? What's it
:23:47. > :23:50.been like? The weather's been good. It's been hot for most of us. What
:23:50. > :24:00.about the kopbsfrepbs -- conference itself. Our old friend Quentin
:24:00. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:05.Letts from the Daily Mail has been taking the temperature.
:24:05. > :24:09.It's Liverpool. It's Labour, but is it leadership? That was Ed
:24:09. > :24:12.Miliband's task when he arrived at the start of the week, to establish
:24:12. > :24:21.himself aiz character with his movement. Who is this guy,
:24:21. > :24:25.Miliband? I'm not Tony Blair. line went down really well. They
:24:25. > :24:31.don't like Tony here. Mr Miliband had a reasonably successful
:24:31. > :24:34.afternoon, I feel, particularly when he did some old Labour-style
:24:34. > :24:38.Tory bashing. Only David Cameron could believe that you make
:24:39. > :24:44.ordinary families work harder by making them poorer and you make the
:24:44. > :24:49.rich work harder by making them richer.
:24:49. > :24:52.APPLAUSE It's wrong, it's the wrong priority.
:24:52. > :24:57.It's based on the wrong values. How dare they say we're all in it
:24:57. > :25:02.together? CHEERING
:25:02. > :25:08.Of course, if Mr Miliband is going to establish a relationship with
:25:08. > :25:15.the British people, he'll have to make friends of the British media.
:25:15. > :25:17.We had this speech from Denise Lewis. The industry -- Ivan Lewis.
:25:17. > :25:23.The industry should consider whether people guilty of
:25:23. > :25:26.malpractice should be struck off. In other words, any journalist
:25:26. > :25:30.misbehaving could be banned. Oh, dear, that's me to the knacker's
:25:30. > :25:40.yard. I'm going have a word with the police, make sure they're OK
:25:40. > :25:45.with that sentence. Now sport. Who's that portly fellow? He
:25:45. > :25:50.tackles pretty low in politics too, they say. As for his speech, it was
:25:50. > :25:53.toying with the idea of an apology, but a politician as tribal as Mr
:25:53. > :25:57.Balls was never going to find that particularly easy.
:25:57. > :26:01.When they say we made mistake in Government, they're right. We have
:26:01. > :26:07.to admit them and show we've learned. The 75p pension rise, that
:26:07. > :26:12.was a mistake. So was abolishing the 10p tax rate. We didn't do
:26:13. > :26:17.enough to get employers to train their workforces. We should have
:26:17. > :26:21.adopted tougher controls on migration from Eastern Europe. We
:26:21. > :26:25.didn't spend every pound of public money well. Yes, we didn't regulate
:26:25. > :26:30.the banks toughly enough and stop their gross irresponsibility here
:26:30. > :26:34.in Britain and around the world am If we don't pay off the deficit now,
:26:34. > :26:39.it will be left to future generations. Lo and behold up one
:26:39. > :26:44.popped in the form of Rory Wheel, 16 from Maidstone. The home I lived
:26:44. > :26:49.in since birth was repossessed. We had nothing, no money, no savings.
:26:49. > :26:54.I owe my entire well being and that of my family to the Welfare State.
:26:54. > :26:57.That is why I join the Labour Party. That same Welfare State is being
:26:57. > :27:02.ruthlessly ripped apart by a vicious and right-wing Tory-led
:27:02. > :27:05.Government. We later learn that young Rory
:27:06. > :27:09.wasn't quite up to some of the proletariat. He'd been to private
:27:09. > :27:13.school and his dad was a property developer. Never mind, he's a face
:27:13. > :27:16.for tomorrow. Where have been the faces of the past? No Tony Blair
:27:16. > :27:21.there. No Peter Mandelson. No Gordon Brown. Not even a John
:27:21. > :27:27.Prescott. It's almost as though, these security fences have been
:27:27. > :27:35.designed to keep New Labour out. Oh, well, it's Manchester next, the
:27:35. > :27:38.Tories, see you there. As you can see people pack ago way.
:27:38. > :27:43.That's about it from the Labour Party Conference, where Ed Miliband
:27:43. > :27:47.said he wanted to build a new society, and move on from the
:27:47. > :27:50.Brown/Blair years. Did he manage it? You can be the judge of that.
:27:50. > :27:54.Now the conference road show moves to Manchester and the Tories get