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| Harriet Harman closing Labour's autumn conference in Manchester |
Labour is now in with a "fighting chance" of winning the next election after Ed Miliband's conference speech fired the "starting gun" of the campaign, Harriet Harman claimed. Closing the five-day conference in Manchester, Ms Harman said it had been a "special" game-changing gathering that had emboldened the party.But she warned there must be "no no-go areas" when it comes to campaigning in the run-up to the expected 2015 vote and called on members to work as a team to fight the Tories and Liberal Democrats.
Harriet Harman who has become Shadow Culture Secretary since the last Labour party conference said: "In my new role as Shadow Culture Secretary, I'm always asked what I'm reading. And just the other week, I had an awkward moment when a journalist asked me if I'd read "that" book. Women here will know the one...The one about a sado-masochistic relationship - you know...…with a dominant superior controlling a naive submissive... And I said: "don't be silly - of course I've read the coalition agreement."
Turning from the Coalition to the Labour party: "This week has been special, this week the game has changed. We know we have big challenges ahead but we leave Manchester emboldened, enthused, with a strong sense of purpose. We have grown in confidence, we have grown in self-belief. This country needs a government of and for all its people, not a coalition that plays divide and rule. This country needs a One Nation Labour Party and a One Nation Labour government."
Harriet Harman who has become Shadow Culture Secretary since the last Labour party conference said: "In my new role as Shadow Culture Secretary, I'm always asked what I'm reading. And just the other week, I had an awkward moment when a journalist asked me if I'd read "that" book. Women here will know the one...The one about a sado-masochistic relationship - you know...…with a dominant superior controlling a naive submissive... And I said: "don't be silly - of course I've read the coalition agreement."
Turning from the Coalition to the Labour party: "This week has been special, this week the game has changed. We know we have big challenges ahead but we leave Manchester emboldened, enthused, with a strong sense of purpose. We have grown in confidence, we have grown in self-belief. This country needs a government of and for all its people, not a coalition that plays divide and rule. This country needs a One Nation Labour Party and a One Nation Labour government."
She added: "It's been a great week for the Labour Party and it's been a great week for Ed Miliband. Ed, we all know you love baseball, of course, you're a Red Sox fan. So, can I just say to you...You knocked the ball right out of the park".
Ms Harman also rounded on the Liberal Democrats for backing tax cuts for millionaires and accused Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg of propping up a "miserable Tory government". The deputy leader also launched a direct attack on Business Secretary "saint" Vince Cable after speculation that Labour would find it easier to work with the left-leaning cabinet minister in a coalition after the next election.
Ms Harman also rounded on the Liberal Democrats for backing tax cuts for millionaires and accused Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg of propping up a "miserable Tory government". The deputy leader also launched a direct attack on Business Secretary "saint" Vince Cable after speculation that Labour would find it easier to work with the left-leaning cabinet minister in a coalition after the next election.
She said: "People say you get the politicians you deserve but no-one deserves Nick Clegg. Calamity Clegg who has propped up this miserable Tory Government every step of the way. It's no wonder Vince Cable is on manoeuvres." But added "don't bother to text Ed Vince - he's changed his number"
