:00:00. > :00:19.The 2014 party conference season has begun and we're here in Manchester
:00:20. > :00:23.for the first of our Today at the Labour Party Conference. Here's what
:00:24. > :00:28.happened: Ed Balls sought to claw back Labour's reputation for sound
:00:29. > :00:32.economic management, to emphasise his fiscal responsibility, he said
:00:33. > :00:36.the cap on child benefit would be extended if Labour wins the next
:00:37. > :00:40.election. After the bruising referendum battle, Labour offered an
:00:41. > :00:43.olive branch to Yes voters. Now the Scottish question has been answered,
:00:44. > :00:45.what's the answer to the English question? We find out what delegates
:00:46. > :00:55.here think. The Labour Party is mightily
:00:56. > :01:00.relieved that Scotland voted no last Thursday, after all it had most to
:01:01. > :01:03.lose from Scottish independence. But the result of that referendum
:01:04. > :01:08.overhangs this conference, as Labour now struggles to deal with the idea
:01:09. > :01:13.of English devolution and to answer the question - why not only English
:01:14. > :01:18.votes for English laws? It fell to the Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, to
:01:19. > :01:23.shift the attention to the economy. He promised a decent rise in the
:01:24. > :01:28.minimum wage and to increase the top rate of income tax. This is our
:01:29. > :01:32.task, not to flinch from the tough decisions we have to make, but to
:01:33. > :01:38.show the country there is a better way forward. Labour's plan for
:01:39. > :01:44.Britain's future, our common endeavour to build an economy that
:01:45. > :01:49.works for the many, not the few. For all working people in every part of
:01:50. > :01:53.our United Kingdom. We'll build on our record. We'll
:01:54. > :01:58.learn the mistakes from the last Government. We'll put right the
:01:59. > :02:01.mistakes of the Tory Government. We will change Britain and change
:02:02. > :02:05.Labour Party changing Britain. We will face great challenges. Working
:02:06. > :02:09.people are already paying more taxes, our public services are under
:02:10. > :02:12.great pressure. We know there would have had to have been tough
:02:13. > :02:15.decisions on tax, spending and pay restraint in this Parliament whoever
:02:16. > :02:20.was in Government, but three years of loss growth at the start of this
:02:21. > :02:25.Parliament mean we will have to deal with a deficit of ?75 billion, not
:02:26. > :02:32.the balanced budget George Osborne promised by 2015. That will make our
:02:33. > :02:36.task of governing hugely difficult. This goes to the heart of the
:02:37. > :02:40.political challenge we'll face. People know we are the party of jobs
:02:41. > :02:46.and living standards and working people. But they also need to know
:02:47. > :02:50.that we will balance the books and make the sums add up and that we
:02:51. > :02:54.won't duck the difficult decisions we will face if they return us to
:02:55. > :02:57.Government. Working people have had to balance their own books and they
:02:58. > :03:02.are clear - Government needs to balance its own books too. We will
:03:03. > :03:07.have to make other decisions, which I know will not be popular with
:03:08. > :03:10.everyone. At a time when the public services that pensioners rely on are
:03:11. > :03:16.under such pressure, we will stop paying the winter fuel allowance for
:03:17. > :03:21.the richest 5% of pensioners. Over the long-term, as life expectancy
:03:22. > :03:26.rises, we will need to continue to raise the retirement age to keep our
:03:27. > :03:30.pension system affordable. We will cap structural Social Security
:03:31. > :03:38.spending and keep the benefits cap, but we will make sure it properly
:03:39. > :03:41.reflects local housing cuts. I want to see child benefit rising in line
:03:42. > :03:44.with inflation in the next Parliament, but we won't spend money
:03:45. > :03:50.we can't afford. For the first two years of the Parliament, we will cap
:03:51. > :03:53.the rise in child benefit at 1%. It will save ?400 million in the next
:03:54. > :03:58.Parliament, all the savings will go towards cutting the deficit. Unlike
:03:59. > :04:03.the Tories, we will ask those who have the most to make the biggest
:04:04. > :04:08.contribution. That is why with the deficit still high and working
:04:09. > :04:12.people already paying more, we oppose David Cameron cutting the 50
:04:13. > :04:17.p top rate of tax. Now cannot be the time to give the richest 1% of
:04:18. > :04:21.people in the country a 3 billion tax cut, so as we get the deficit
:04:22. > :04:27.down in the next Parliament, the Labour Government will reverse this
:04:28. > :04:32.Tory tax cut for millionaires. Conference, we will also scrap the
:04:33. > :04:36.shares for rights scheme. We will reverse the tax cuts for hedge
:04:37. > :04:42.funds. We will crack down hard on tax avoidance and loopholes. We will
:04:43. > :04:45.levy a tax on the highest value properties, a mansion tax on houses
:04:46. > :04:49.worth over ?2 million. We'll do it in a fair, sensible and
:04:50. > :04:54.proportionate way, raising the limit each year in line with average rises
:04:55. > :04:58.in house prices, putting in place protection for those who are asset
:04:59. > :05:03.rich and cash poor and ensuring those with properties worth tens of
:05:04. > :05:06.million of pounds make a significantly bigger contribution
:05:07. > :05:12.than those in houses just above the limit, because how can it be right
:05:13. > :05:21.that a billionaire overseas buyer this year of ?140 million penthouse
:05:22. > :05:25.in Westminster will pay just ?26 a week in property tax, the same as
:05:26. > :05:31.the average value property in that area. Conference, we will make
:05:32. > :05:35.different choices for fairer deficit reduction and to safeguard our vital
:05:36. > :05:42.public services. That is Labour's plan to balance the books in a
:05:43. > :05:47.fairer way. We can only succeed and create the
:05:48. > :05:51.number of good jobs we need to a race to the top. Labour's economic
:05:52. > :05:56.plan will transform vocational education. We will work with
:05:57. > :05:59.employers to interdouse a gold standard technical qualification and
:06:00. > :06:06.expand apprenticeships. We will get young people back to work. Rachel
:06:07. > :06:10.Reeves will interdouse a compulsory jobs guarantee. People will have to
:06:11. > :06:16.take that up or lose benefits. It will be paid for by repeating the
:06:17. > :06:24.tax on bank bonuses. We will end the scourge of long-term unemployment
:06:25. > :06:27.once and for all. APPLAUSE
:06:28. > :06:33.And because a modern economy depends not just on traditional
:06:34. > :06:36.infrastructure, but on the most important, modern infrastructure of
:06:37. > :06:41.all - child care - we will increase the bank levy to expand free child
:06:42. > :06:48.care for working parents for 25 hours a week to help mums and dads
:06:49. > :06:50.balance work and family life. APPLAUSE
:06:51. > :06:55.We will give tax breaks to firms that pay the living wage. We will
:06:56. > :07:00.end the exploitive use of zero hours contracts and by the end of the next
:07:01. > :07:08.Parliament, Labour will increase the national minimum wage to ?8 an hour.
:07:09. > :07:13.APPLAUSE What's the Tory plan for the next
:07:14. > :07:20.Parliament? They want to spend ?3 billion on a tax break for a
:07:21. > :07:26.minority of married couples. People who are separated, widowed or
:07:27. > :07:31.divorced, they won't get it. Women who fled and divorced an abusive
:07:32. > :07:35.partner, they won't get it. Read the small print, two thirds of married
:07:36. > :07:40.couples won't get it. Five out of six families with children won't get
:07:41. > :07:46.it either. And the Tories call that a flagship policy for families. In
:07:47. > :07:52.our first budget, we will scrap this unfair policy and instead use the
:07:53. > :07:56.money to interdouse a new 10 p -- introduce a new 10 p starting rate
:07:57. > :08:01.of income tax, a tax cut for people on middle and lower incomes, more
:08:02. > :08:04.Willoughby benefit, more married couples will benefit, more families
:08:05. > :08:11.with children will benefit, that is a fairer way to help working people
:08:12. > :08:15.in tough times. Our economic plan will devolve power and resources not
:08:16. > :08:22.only to Scotland and Wales, but to the city and county regions in every
:08:23. > :08:25.part of the England. Our new, independent, national infrastructure
:08:26. > :08:28.commission will end delay on big infrastructure decisions we need for
:08:29. > :08:34.the future. Whatever the outcome of the Howard Davis review into airport
:08:35. > :08:39.capacity, we must resolve to finally make a decision on airport capacity
:08:40. > :08:44.in London and the south-east, expanding capacity while taking into
:08:45. > :08:49.account environmental impact. No more kicking it into the long grass,
:08:50. > :09:00.but taking the right decisions for Britain's long-term future.
:09:01. > :09:04.Conference, in the housing market, demands outstrip supply. The Housing
:09:05. > :09:08.Benefit bill is rising. Follow the report we will publish in a few
:09:09. > :09:11.weeks and by making housing a priority within the existing capital
:09:12. > :09:16.settlement for the next Parliament, Labour's economic plan will get at
:09:17. > :09:21.least 200,000 new homes built by 2020. That creates jobs, helping
:09:22. > :09:29.first-time buyers and building the homes Britain needs for the future.
:09:30. > :09:33.Conference, this is what our first Labour budget will do. A British
:09:34. > :09:39.investment bank set up. Business rates cut. Tax avoidance tackled.
:09:40. > :09:43.The deficit down fairly. Infrastructure decision made not
:09:44. > :09:48.delayed. The minimum wage raised. Energy Bills frozen. A jobs
:09:49. > :09:52.guarantee for young people. Tax cuts for millions, not millionaires. Bank
:09:53. > :09:58.bonuses taxed. The bedroom tax scrapped. Our NHS saved. That's what
:09:59. > :10:03.Labour's first budget will do, fixing the economy for everyone. A
:10:04. > :10:07.plan for the many not the few. People are relying on us to deliver.
:10:08. > :10:13.Conference, we will not let them down. Thank you.
:10:14. > :10:23.APPLAUSE As if to prove his austere credentials he's promised to extend
:10:24. > :10:28.the 1% cap on increases in child benefit for an extra year. Now in
:10:29. > :10:32.truth, it doesn't make much difference to a multibillion pound
:10:33. > :10:36.deficit. So when I spoke to Rachel Reeves, the Shadow works and
:10:37. > :10:41.Pensions Secretary, I asked her exactly how big would the saving be.
:10:42. > :10:46.Around ?300 million during the course of this Parliament. Because
:10:47. > :10:52.it's the saving in year one. That's already factored into the plans.
:10:53. > :10:59.Then the savings in - For one extra year you're going to do it. Around
:11:00. > :11:03.?300 million. You've assumed a higher rate of inflation. On the
:11:04. > :11:07.Treasury's calculations you've only actually saved 120 million. The Bank
:11:08. > :11:12.of England forecasts for inflation are what we use to make the
:11:13. > :11:20.forecasts. That is having inflation going up to around 2%. Right. But so
:11:21. > :11:25.far - The important point... First of all, 400 million... ?400 million
:11:26. > :11:28.is a big contribution towards the deficit No it's not reduction. .
:11:29. > :11:32.You're inheriting a deficit of 75 billion. Child benefit is not the
:11:33. > :11:37.only thing that we've announced. The tax on properties worth more than ?2
:11:38. > :11:40.million, repeating the bank bonus tax, increasing the top rate of tax
:11:41. > :11:44.up to 50 p. The winter fuel allowance not going to richest
:11:45. > :11:50.pensioners. You add all those up and it is important part of it. That's
:11:51. > :11:54.several billion pounds. Several billion, but you promised - The key
:11:55. > :11:58.point, the key way to get the deficit down is to have an economic
:11:59. > :12:01.recovery that leaves no-one behind. Our announcement on the national
:12:02. > :12:06.minimum wage is really important for deficit reduction. In just the last
:12:07. > :12:10.12 months, we've spent an additional ?270 million on tax credits and
:12:11. > :12:15.benefit payments because the minimum wage hasn't kept up with inflation.
:12:16. > :12:19.So increasing the minimum wage up to ?8 is an important component of
:12:20. > :12:23.deficit reduction as well. If people aren't paid a wage they can live on,
:12:24. > :12:27.they draw on benefits to make ends meet. That's important. It follows
:12:28. > :12:31.that if they're not getting the extra benefits, if the benefits are
:12:32. > :12:35.being withdrawn from them as the minimum wage goes up, they don't get
:12:36. > :12:43.the whole benefit of the minimum wage. They face a rate of tax of 50%
:12:44. > :12:47.or 60%. Every pound that lifts you above the minimum wage saves
:12:48. > :12:51.taxpayers about 49 p in the I'm taking about pound. The people that
:12:52. > :12:56.are supposed to benefit. They're not getting ought the money. If you have
:12:57. > :12:59.a pay rise, that's around ?3,000 better off compared to the minimum
:13:00. > :13:04.wage today. That's a massive difference. You say that you're
:13:05. > :13:09.going to balance the current budget, run a surplus on current spending
:13:10. > :13:11.and pay down the national debt. As soon as possible in the next
:13:12. > :13:17.Parliament. That's what we're going to do. At the same time borrowing
:13:18. > :13:21.more for investment. This is an important announcement, there will
:13:22. > :13:25.be no spending commitments in the manifesto that aren't paid for.
:13:26. > :13:29.There will be no extra borrowing in our manifesto. Everything we set
:13:30. > :13:35.out, whether it be capital spending or current spending, will be paid
:13:36. > :13:40.for. Many here have come direct from that gruelling Scottish referendum
:13:41. > :13:43.campaign. They're exhausted. Though also relieved. Ed Miliband today
:13:44. > :13:47.thanks those in the party who played their part in that successful
:13:48. > :13:51.campaign. Except Gordon Brown. And many people think he was the man
:13:52. > :13:56.that saved the union. He invited everyone involved onto
:13:57. > :14:00.the stage for a celebratory photo. The Shadow Scottish Secretary
:14:01. > :14:03.Margaret Kern and the chair of the Better Together campaign, Alistair
:14:04. > :14:09.Darling. My fellow Scots have spoken. We have said no to
:14:10. > :14:15.separation, no to division, no the end of solidarity and no to a false
:14:16. > :14:18.border being erected between the working people of our four great
:14:19. > :14:29.nations. APPLAUSE I tell you something else,
:14:30. > :14:34.conference, we said yes too. Not yes to independence, but yes to
:14:35. > :14:38.recognising our interdependence. Yes to cooperation and yes to a strong
:14:39. > :14:48.Scotland inside a changed United Kingdom. As we meet here in
:14:49. > :14:52.Manchester, with the referendum behind us now, the call for change
:14:53. > :14:58.that we heard on Thursday still rings out. And let me tell you this,
:14:59. > :15:03.Scotland, you have been heard. That's why I will not rest until you
:15:04. > :15:06.get all that you have been promised. Not just more powers for the
:15:07. > :15:10.Scottish Parliament, but the full use of the whole range of powers to
:15:11. > :15:17.build the kind of Scotland we all want to see.
:15:18. > :15:20.But when we, as a movement based on partnership, community and
:15:21. > :15:24.cooperation look at Scotland today and see a country divided, we cannot
:15:25. > :15:29.be satisfied. When the decision of the Scottish people is absolutely
:15:30. > :15:33.clear, I understand that many of my fellow citizens are hurting and they
:15:34. > :15:39.believe that progress on their hopes for Scotland has stalled. Our most
:15:40. > :15:44.important task now is to persuade them that they should not be afraid.
:15:45. > :15:49.I know many good, decent people, driven by values similar to ours who
:15:50. > :15:53.voted yes. We may have disagreed on the means, but we share a very
:15:54. > :15:55.similar vision about the kind of Scotland we want to build.
:15:56. > :16:07.That vision can still be realised. One of the great features of the
:16:08. > :16:15.referendum last week was that so many people came to vote. The lowest
:16:16. > :16:22.turnout was 75%. How many of us would have killed to get 75% in our
:16:23. > :16:28.constituencies? In some parts of the turnout was in the high 90s, in one
:16:29. > :16:31.polling station it was 100%. That is something we should acknowledge as a
:16:32. > :16:36.strength for the future because as we move on from the constitutional
:16:37. > :16:41.debate, and move on and we need to, we have got to harness that
:16:42. > :16:46.enthusiasm, not just in Scotland but in the whole of the UK. I'm
:16:47. > :16:52.confident we will do that, so let's do it next May, let's win for our
:16:53. > :17:01.party and for our country and make the change our country wants to see.
:17:02. > :17:04.The promised to's decision to link more devolution for Scotland with
:17:05. > :17:08.more English devolution has caught Labour on the hop. The party is
:17:09. > :17:13.struggling to come up with a convincing answer the question that
:17:14. > :17:18.if only Scots can vote on Scots law is, why can't only English MPs vote
:17:19. > :17:25.on English laws? Is clear that the party faithful do not like that
:17:26. > :17:30.idea. Everyone is talking about the idea of English votes for English
:17:31. > :17:35.laws, so we're asking Labour delegates, should Scottish MPs be
:17:36. > :17:42.bound from voting on English issues? I don't think so, I think most
:17:43. > :17:46.legislation needs to be sorted out across boundaries, we need
:17:47. > :17:52.decentralisation of power from Whitehall to local authorities. The
:17:53. > :18:03.user with the West Lothian question is? -- do you know? No. Do you think
:18:04. > :18:08.Scottish MPs should be allowed to vote on English matters? The House
:18:09. > :18:16.of Lords can and I am not even elected. I say ban. So you are on
:18:17. > :18:25.the David Cameron side of the argument? You never are! Retract
:18:26. > :18:31.what you said, please! Then we will have the Dorset question, the Tory
:18:32. > :18:37.shires will deter Weimann policy, the NHS, we have to make sure that
:18:38. > :18:43.people from the left are presented, the people in our poorest
:18:44. > :18:49.communities get represented equally. Now holidays in Dorset for you for a
:18:50. > :18:53.while! We need to be able to vote on English matters, so we didn't know
:18:54. > :19:00.what share of the budget we are getting. I am from the north-east of
:19:01. > :19:03.England, people are definitely talking about it because we feel
:19:04. > :19:10.that an English parliament is what we need like a hole in the head.
:19:11. > :19:14.Should Scottish MPs be banned on voting on English issues? Is there
:19:15. > :19:18.anyone Scottish peer? I am struggling to find anyone Scottish.
:19:19. > :19:22.They will be here later, struggling to find anyone Scottish.
:19:23. > :19:28.am aware they have been given the morning off as of the referring
:19:29. > :19:35.them. You are a Scottish English MP. I am a British MP, there are a lot
:19:36. > :19:41.of changes are as a result of Devo-Max. But it's not something you
:19:42. > :19:49.can do on the back of a fag packet to suit the Tory party. I think it
:19:50. > :19:52.is consistent happening which parliament if you have a Scottish
:19:53. > :20:02.and Welsh Parliament, the separate federal parliament. Where would it
:20:03. > :20:10.be? London, I suppose. Yorkshire! Wakefield or somewhere. To attempt
:20:11. > :20:19.you back to front line politics? First Minister of England? It's a
:20:20. > :20:25.wonderful offer... What about President Milburn of the federal UK?
:20:26. > :20:35.I'm beginning to warm your theme. Watch out! Scary prospect! People
:20:36. > :20:40.here do not want to ban Scottish MPs voting on English only matters. The
:20:41. > :20:49.only irony is, we didn't get a single bite from his Kurdish MP.
:20:50. > :20:55.Sometimes ploughing a lonely Pharoah in the Scottish towns and cities,
:20:56. > :21:00.incurring the wrath of the yes campaign. Who better to discuss the
:21:01. > :21:07.new question now demanding attention, English votes for English
:21:08. > :21:10.laws. There are a lot of things to discuss, and one of the
:21:11. > :21:15.disappointments of the post-referendum period is that the
:21:16. > :21:22.Labour, Tory and Lib Dem parties work together and then Mr Cameron
:21:23. > :21:28.came up with a quarter baked idea. The results were over. The ink was
:21:29. > :21:32.hardly dry on the announcement and he was out there making his own
:21:33. > :21:37.proposals. Scotland has taken two decades to get to this point. Mr
:21:38. > :21:42.Cameron seems to have done it in a few short moments, and its naked
:21:43. > :21:46.party politics, not where we were during the referendum and shouldn't
:21:47. > :21:53.be where we are worried comes to discussing the suggestion. It also
:21:54. > :22:00.jails people 's idea of fairness. Scottish MPs vote with Scottish
:22:01. > :22:05.laws, why shouldn't English politicians vote on English laws?
:22:06. > :22:12.What about Northern Ireland MPs or the Welsh MPs? The proposal is that
:22:13. > :22:19.any law that only affect England, only English MPs about. When we have
:22:20. > :22:24.devolution in Northern Ireland and no one is talking about the MPs from
:22:25. > :22:33.there, and Wales... Heated English votes for English laws. -- he said.
:22:34. > :22:40.The devolution in London, with the Mayor, then they vote on things that
:22:41. > :22:43.don't affect their constituents of transport, so we are way beyond a
:22:44. > :22:48.sound bite that Mr Cameron comes up with, we have an unwritten
:22:49. > :22:52.constitution, we should have a convention, if we are looking at the
:22:53. > :22:57.lessons from Scotland, I would like to see votes at Dean and 17 across
:22:58. > :23:01.the UK, that was a success, but we should also look at the
:23:02. > :23:05.constitutional convention to look at these issues rather than one single
:23:06. > :23:11.issue, as to whether Scottish MPs get about... Why do you need a
:23:12. > :23:17.convention to tell you that it is unfair that Scottish MPs interfere
:23:18. > :23:23.in English matters when English MPs don't interfere in Scottish matters?
:23:24. > :23:30.There are London MPs here, it doesn't affect... Should they not be
:23:31. > :23:34.allowed to vote on transport issues which are devolved to the London
:23:35. > :23:37.assembly? All this throws up that while we have an unwritten
:23:38. > :23:42.constitution that has evolved over the centuries, shouldn't we have
:23:43. > :23:47.time to reflect, at a slower pace of Mr Cameron would wish, through a
:23:48. > :23:53.convention involving all the parties, civic society... You just
:23:54. > :24:00.want to kick it into touch. Because the answer is politically desperate
:24:01. > :24:04.for you. Without the 40 MPs in Scotland, you can't force your will
:24:05. > :24:08.in England. It is politically desperate of him to come up with
:24:09. > :24:18.this quarter baked plan early on Friday morning. Today he was able to
:24:19. > :24:23.return to his day job as shadow Oregon secretary. He began by
:24:24. > :24:27.thanking the Labour activists who had fought in the campaign that then
:24:28. > :24:35.turned his focus to Britain's place in the world. I know that many
:24:36. > :24:40.people 's confidence has been shaken in Britain both at home and abroad,
:24:41. > :24:46.as the problems we face become more complex and challenging, people 's
:24:47. > :24:51.faith in the capacity of politics to solve the problems is declining. But
:24:52. > :24:56.what I saw in Scotland this summer, in town halls, village halls, school
:24:57. > :25:01.halls, church halls, from the Highlands to the Hebrides, taught me
:25:02. > :25:07.that we can win back that confidence. We can uphold the idea
:25:08. > :25:13.of solidarity, we can work together across borders. We can defeat
:25:14. > :25:19.isolationist ideas and together, we can defeat narrow nationalism. Just
:25:20. > :25:24.as we strive to uphold those progressive politics here at home,
:25:25. > :25:32.so we must strive to embody them in our foreign policy. Conflict in Iraq
:25:33. > :25:38.and Syria, the destabilisation of Eastern Europe, turmoil in the
:25:39. > :25:42.Middle East, have dominated the headlines in recent months. In the
:25:43. > :25:47.face of such events, the next Labour government's foreign policy will
:25:48. > :25:51.reject two fallacies. The hubris that somehow we in the UK can
:25:52. > :26:00.reorder the world, all autumns ago that we should settle, simply for
:26:01. > :26:03.strategic shrinkage or decline. For Britain to simply retreat from the
:26:04. > :26:10.world would be as foolish as would be futile. The next Labour
:26:11. > :26:14.government's foreign policy will be proudly multilateral, defending our
:26:15. > :26:20.shared interests. Turning our back on the instability of the Middle
:26:21. > :26:27.East and the threat posed by ISIL is simply not an option, not for
:26:28. > :26:30.Labour, not for Britain. But in combating this thread we must seek
:26:31. > :26:35.to be as effective as we are resolute. That means learned the
:26:36. > :26:39.lessons of the past, broad partnership across the region,
:26:40. > :26:46.together with genuinely multilateral alliances. And multilateral efforts
:26:47. > :26:51.will also be needed to address the conflict between the Palestinians
:26:52. > :26:56.and the Israelis. The blockade must end, the occupation must end, the
:26:57. > :27:04.rockets must cease and meaningful negotiations must begin. Ed Balls is
:27:05. > :27:09.well-known as being a political bruiser but he got physical on the
:27:10. > :27:13.football pitch too. Yesterday you was playing in what was supposed to
:27:14. > :27:24.be a friendly charity match against a team of journalists. But he left
:27:25. > :27:31.one elbow with four stitches. I am convinced it was an accident, the
:27:32. > :27:38.ref didn't even give a free kick. Look at that picture! But I have
:27:39. > :27:45.been sent off in this fixture before, I'm the last to complain
:27:46. > :27:50.about robust challenges. His response was that your tackle was a
:27:51. > :27:55.bit tough. He pointed out I was trying to lick the ball off him, he
:27:56. > :28:00.was putting his arms out to protect himself and caught me on a soft
:28:01. > :28:04.spot. That's it for today on the day that Ed Balls tried to convince the
:28:05. > :28:09.electorate that the nation's finances really would be safe in his
:28:10. > :28:21.hands. Tomorrow morning we will hear from Maria Eagle...
:28:22. > :28:31.Labour is ahead in the polls but its leaders's personal ratings are
:28:32. > :28:36.pretty dire. Tomorrow he needs to convince the country really is a
:28:37. > :28:40.Prime Minister in waiting. We are back at noon and again at 2pm to
:28:41. > :28:45.bring you the whole of Ed Miliband's speech to the Conference
:28:46. > :28:58.and we will be back just after Newsnight.
:28:59. > :29:03.The guns fell silent on November 11th 1918, but the shadow
:29:04. > :29:07.stretched long into the 20th century.
:29:08. > :29:11.Historian David Reynolds examines its devastating impact.
:29:12. > :29:17.I want to explore how this deadlocked war unleashed huge dynamic