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| Jeremy Corbyn received a hero's welcome as he used his keynote speech at Labour's conference in Brighton to lay out his vision for Britain. | Jeremy Corbyn received a hero's welcome as he used his keynote speech at Labour's conference in Brighton to lay out his vision for Britain. |
| The Labour leader made a bold pitch for the centre ground, telling party members: "We are now the political mainstream." | The Labour leader made a bold pitch for the centre ground, telling party members: "We are now the political mainstream." |
| In a rambling speech that covered a raft of different policy areas, Mr Corbyn spelled out a plan for Britain that proved popular with voters at the General Election. | In a rambling speech that covered a raft of different policy areas, Mr Corbyn spelled out a plan for Britain that proved popular with voters at the General Election. |
| In a significant shift of tone, he said it was true that elections are usually won from the centre ground but added: "The political centre of gravity isn't moved or fixable, nor is is where the establishment pundits like to think it is. | In a significant shift of tone, he said it was true that elections are usually won from the centre ground but added: "The political centre of gravity isn't moved or fixable, nor is is where the establishment pundits like to think it is. |
| "It shifts as people's expectations and experiences change and political space is opened up. Today's centre ground is certainly not where it was 20 or 30 years ago." | "It shifts as people's expectations and experiences change and political space is opened up. Today's centre ground is certainly not where it was 20 or 30 years ago." |
| Declaring Labour "ready for government", Mr Corbyn promised to sweep away a "degraded" political system that he said had led to the Grenfell Tower disaster. | Declaring Labour "ready for government", Mr Corbyn promised to sweep away a "degraded" political system that he said had led to the Grenfell Tower disaster. |
| He took to the stage minutes after his deputy, Tom Watson, had suggested Labour could hold a second referendum on Brexit, saying: "We're not ruling it out." | He took to the stage minutes after his deputy, Tom Watson, had suggested Labour could hold a second referendum on Brexit, saying: "We're not ruling it out." |
| While making no mention of that, Mr Corbyn attacked the Conservatives "shambolic" handling of Brexit and told Tory ministers: "Pull yourself together or make way". | While making no mention of that, Mr Corbyn attacked the Conservatives "shambolic" handling of Brexit and told Tory ministers: "Pull yourself together or make way". |
| Cabinet ministers "spend more time negotiating with each other than with the European Union", he added. | Cabinet ministers "spend more time negotiating with each other than with the European Union", he added. |
| The Labour leader received a hero's welcome as he entered the hall to a three-minute standing ovation and spent much of his speech celebrating the party's better-than-expected showing in June's General Election. | The Labour leader received a hero's welcome as he entered the hall to a three-minute standing ovation and spent much of his speech celebrating the party's better-than-expected showing in June's General Election. |
| He was cheered by a packed conference hall when he urged Theresa May to call another election. Mr Corbyn told the Prime Minister: "Take another walking holiday and make another impetuous decision." | He was cheered by a packed conference hall when he urged Theresa May to call another election. Mr Corbyn told the Prime Minister: "Take another walking holiday and make another impetuous decision." |
| In a long section of foreign policy, the Labour leader also criticised Donald Trump, calling his speech to the UN "deeply disturbing" and his stance on climate change "alarming". | In a long section of foreign policy, the Labour leader also criticised Donald Trump, calling his speech to the UN "deeply disturbing" and his stance on climate change "alarming". |
| In a barely-veiled attack, Mr Corbyn said: "The values we share [with the US] are not served by building walls, banning immigrants on the basis of religion, polluting the planet, or pandering to racism." | In a barely-veiled attack, Mr Corbyn said: "The values we share [with the US] are not served by building walls, banning immigrants on the basis of religion, polluting the planet, or pandering to racism." |
| Mr Corbyn also promised a series of bold policies on housing, reiterating that Labour would introduce rent controls, tax land that developers are sitting on and boost compulsory purchase powers. | Mr Corbyn also promised a series of bold policies on housing, reiterating that Labour would introduce rent controls, tax land that developers are sitting on and boost compulsory purchase powers. |
| He also criticised regeneration projects that "really mean forced gentrification and social cleansing" and promised: "No social cleansing, no jacking up rents, no exorbitant ground rents." | He also criticised regeneration projects that "really mean forced gentrification and social cleansing" and promised: "No social cleansing, no jacking up rents, no exorbitant ground rents." |
| Mr Corbyn spoke as a YouGov poll for The Times found that voters prefer Ms May over Mr Corbyn as Prime Minister by a margin of 37% to 29% over, even while Labour stretches its lead over the Tories to four points, on 43% to 39%. | Mr Corbyn spoke as a YouGov poll for The Times found that voters prefer Ms May over Mr Corbyn as Prime Minister by a margin of 37% to 29% over, even while Labour stretches its lead over the Tories to four points, on 43% to 39%. |