Labour Conference: Blackpool Illuminated
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Your support makes all the difference.GOOD DAY
Tony Blair got all three Blairites on to the NEC and kept Dennis Skinner off
BAD DAY
John Prescott stunned delegates with his overlong Beatle mop, proving that he is resisting any "Blairite" makeover - in sharp contrast to his perfectly coiffured wife Pauline.
REBEL OF THE DAY
Peter Temple-Morris - so rebellious that he defected from the Tories to Labour - made his first platform speech on Northern Ireland, attacking his former party's lack of initiative during the peace process
SOUNDBITE OF THE DAY
John Prescott on squeezing the fat cats in private rail companies: "When it comes to railways, I'm no Virgin"
BEST FRINGE MEETING
Dance of the dinosaurs from the diehard left-wing group of Labour MPs ,"The Socialist Campaign Group", with Tony Benn, Dennis Skinner and Ken Livingstone
BEST PARTY
Cheap champagne until throwing out time at the ITN party in the Stakis Hotel
CLAPOMETER
Mo Mowlam topped the clapometer yet again ... and was given a 90-second standing ovation, with 110 dB
John Prescott's pledge to squeeze fat cats appealed to delegates and he was given a 48-second standing ovation, with 90dB
Frank Dobson could not compete despite more money for the NHS. He was given a 30-second standing ovation, with 90 dB
TODAY'S BUSINESS
Morning: Speeches by the Welsh Secretary, Ron Davies, and the Scottish Secretary, Donald Dewar, on devolution
Emergency motion on electoral reform
Emergency motion on the need for better local government
Address by the Education and Employment Secretary, David Blunkett
Afternoon: Speech by the Home Secretary, Jack Straw
On the fringes: Fabian Society, speakers include Jack Straw, 12.45pm, Imperial Hotel; Campaign Against Arms Trade, chaired by Chris Mullin MP, 1pm Ruskin Hotel; BBC "Safe in Labour's Hands?", 6pm at the Opera Lounge Bar, in the Winter Gardens; Labour Left Briefing, Annual Politically Incorrect Quiz, 8.30pm White's Bar
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