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Tony Blair TUC conference speech; Tony Blair MP (Prime Minister) speech SOT - Why is the gallery full and why are the media here, it's a pity the media's not here to hear about union learning reps that we introduce rather than people making a protest, perfectly entitled to do it, but those people that are hostile to a Labour government and everything we have tried to achieve, you are doing what they want, not very sensible - Congratulations to you (Gloria Mills) as first ever black woman as President of the TUC, tremendous achievement, especially as I gather you're an Arsenal fan - Five years ago at this time, I had to cancel my address to you because of the terrorist attack in the USA which killed thousands, and the anniversary of which was yesterday / Would like to pay tribute to way TUC handled itself that day / Before starting my speech I want to remember all those who died, including the many British people, to repeat our sympathy and condolences for the loss of their loved ones and rededicate ourselves to complete and total opposition to terrorism anywhere, for whatever reason / I also wish to pay my respects to the British Armed Forces who since that time have fought, and in some cases sadly lost their lives, and express our thanks for their bravery, professionalism and commitment to duty - Go back even further and you may recall, some of you, the first time I made a keynote speech at the Labour Conference in 1990, when I was Employment Spokesman / I listed the policy agenda for a labour Government, I re-read it the other day, we've done most of it – the big headline items like the minimum wage but also things like restoring union rights at GCHQ, things small in themselves, but massively symbolic of a changed Government - And now we have had 3 terms of Labour Government for the first time ever in 100 years of trying, and every year I've come to the TUC as Prime Minister, but remember the 18 years before, when you never had sight nor sound of a Prime...