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Labour Party Conference: Harriet Harman speech; Harriet Harman speech continued SOT - I want to thank my family especially my husband Jack Dromey . You all know Jack – wherever he goes he lights up the room – although often that’s just the light reflecting off his head. As some of you may have seen, the Sky Top Trump cards which score MPs in a number of categories. There were some surprising results. I came out as the most fanciable female MP - If you were wondering why – clearly its because Jack used the Unite block vote. - Conference, May 6th was a blow to us all. And it was difficult for everyone to see us relegated to the opposition benches. But the Shadow Cabinet dusted themselves down and lost no time in leading the attack on the Tories’ broken promises and the Lib Dems' downwright hypocrisy. - Alistair Darling transformed overnight from Finance Minister to political street fighter. And though its not something that Alistair would have noticed - he’s been drawing many admiring glances from older women – you know, the New Generation. We all know Joan Bakewell was called the thinking man’s crumpet – well Alistair Darling is definitely the thinking woman’s oatcake. - Jack Straw masterminded the attack on the government’s outrageous gerrymandering of the parliamentary constituency boundaries. Now, there’s been lots of jokes this week about Jack’s long service in public life. People have commented that Jack was there when Moses came down from the mountain. There’ve even been references to stair lifts. But Conference, that’s just not fair, because Jack is a man in his prime. I’ll tell you something – he outdoes everyone in his spinning class in the House of Commons gym. So today I’m inviting Jack to be the poster boy for my special new campaign – “you’re not past it when you’re past 60”. - I’d also like to thank Bob Ainsworth for the important work he’s done on Defence. As we saw this week when he sa...