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Future of Labour: Ed Miliband hails rule change as 'great adventure'
Labour leader uses speech to glorify the attack on party's union link

Labour leader Ed Miliband conjured up his deceased Marxist dad Ralph yet again as he sought to place a rosy glow around his attack on the union link.

“My dad only spoke once at a Labour conference in 1955,” said Mr Miliband.

He had said in that speech nearly 60 years ago that being part of the Labour Party was being part of “a great adventure.”

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