- A Labour conference for activists – while Corbyn works out what to do
The sun shone and the grassroots basked in the mood music, but there was little mention of the refugee crisis, Syriza, Redcar's steel plant or the VW scandal
Burly Tom Watson, the union apparatchik unexpectedly tasked with keeping Labour's feet on the ground as Jeremy Corbyn's new deputy, rounded off this week's Brighton conference at lunchtime in the rousing John "send 'em home cheerful" Prescott spot.
There was Prescottian Tory bashing knockabout and some rousing passages. But it was a thoughtful and inclusive speech that embraced the imperatives of a digital economy, small businesses and hard-pressed dairy farmers, as well as women, minorities and even the traditional working class.
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