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Whoever is the Conservatives’ prime minister, austerity and privatisation will continue, public services will continue to be decimated, living standards will continue to fall, writes RICHARD BURGON – arguing that we need to secure a Labour government to remove a system that is rigged against the many

2017 saw easily the best Labour Party conference I’ve ever attended with more people, more participation, more politics and more positivity than at any conference I can remember.

And there was a great mix of people — young people, older people and people from all backgrounds and all areas of Britain.

And The World Transformed festival was almost like an Edinburgh Fringe of culture, discussion and fun to complement the greatest Labour conference in decades.  

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