Ed Miliband’s speech to the Labour conference: full text

“Across every part of the United Kingdom there is a silent majority who want Britain to endure, but are also telling us it must change.”

By New Statesman

(Photo By Ed Miliband and Justine Thornton at the Labour party's conference in Manchester. Photo: Getty.)

It’s great to be at Labour Party Conference in Manchester. A fantastic city. A city with a great Labour council leading the way. It’s here four years ago here that I won the leadership of this great party.

We meet at Conference in serious times. Let’s face it: our country nearly broke up in last week’s Scottish referendum. And a country that nearly splits apart is not a country in good health.