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October 9, 1994
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COMRADES, colleagues, partners in the viewing project, I give you Malcolm from Bridgwater! The oldest delegate on Labour Party Live (BBC2), he was moving the vote of thanks. It was Malcolm they should have been grateful to: 50 years spreading socialism in Somerset puts him in that great thankless taskforce of history headed by King Canute. Easier to turn the tide than a permanent wave of Tory matrons. With his yarmulka of white hair and shy, bootsward delivery, Malcom had clearly never seen an image consultant. "I'd like to thank all the craysh - I hope that's right - workers." They didn't have creches when Malcolm joined the party, they had Clem Attlee shouting on the back of a lorry. ...

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