There is no love lost between Jeremy Corbyn and Tom Watson, so the Labour leader will have to grin and bear it as his deputy takes to the stage this afternoon. Here is the pick of today’s events in Brighton:
Labour events:
8:30: Policy Seminar
9:45: Morning Plenary Session: Tackling The Climate Emergency
12:35: Votes
12:45: Break
14:00: Afternoon Plenary Session: Tackling The Climate Emergency
Tom Watson MP Speech
16:45: Policy Seminars
17:20: Votes
Fringe events:
10:30: Students Against Climate Change: What Can We Do?
Ambassador, Hilton Brighton Metropole
12:00: Diversity in the Law – Room for Improvement?
Kate O’Rourke (chair), Andrea Coomber, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, David Lammy MP, Amanda Pinto QC, David Green; Boardroom, The Old Ship Hotel
12:00: Race, Class and Institutional Prejudice
Fiaza Shaheen, Laura Pidcock MP, Owen Jones, Dave Ward, Lowkey; Arundel 2, Holiday Inn
12:30: The New World Disorder: Trump, Iran & the Threat of War
Murad Qureshi (chair), Diane Abbott MP, Richard Burgon MP, Owen Jones, Lindsey German, Andrew Murray; Charlotte, The Grand
12:30: Britain Talks: A Nation Split into Leavers and Remainers
Alison Phillips (chair), Ros Wynne-Jones, Steve Turner, Britain Talks representatives
13:00: How Can Labour Find its Voice on Immigration?
Yvette Cooper MP, Lisa Nandy MP, John Harris; Ashdown 1, Holiday Inn
14:00: How Can We Stop the Surge in Knife Crime?
Rupert Reid (chair), Diane Abbott MP, Anoosh Chakelian, Sir Mark Rowley, Dr Tony Sewell; Durham Hall Room 4, Hilton Brighton Metropole
14:30: Choosing Childhood: How a Labour Government Should Prioritise Children
Polly Toynbee (chair), Tracy Brabin MP, Andrew Harrop, Marvin Rees, Julie Bentley; Lancaster, Hilton Brighton Metropole
15:00: Immigration – What Should be in Labour’s Manifesto?
Afzal Khan MP (chair), Diane Abbott MP, Thom Brooks, Kate Green MP, Keir Starmer MP, Nesrine Malik; Queens, Hilton Brighton Metropole
15:00: In Conversation with Keir Starmer MP
Tom Kibasi (chair), Keir Starmer MP; Wye, Hilton Brighton Metropole
15:30: Fake News or Free Speech: The Future for UK Press Freedom
David Goodhart (chair), Tom Watson MP, Paul Embery, Andrew Gilligan, Sunday Times; Durham Hall Room 4, Hilton Brighton Metropole
15:30: How to Save the Planet – Ed Miliband in Conversation with Prospect’s Tom Clark
Tom Clark (chair), Ed Miliband; Clyde, Hilton Brighton Metropole
16:00: EU Citizens’ Rights: What Will Labour Do?
Ilse Mogensen (chair), Paul Blomfield MP, Claude Moraes MEP, Dimitri Scarlato, Allison Roche; Buddies Café Bar
16:00: What Route Out of the Brexit Maze?
Charles Grant (chair), Hilary Benn MP, Carolyn Fairbairn, Keir Starmer MP, Tom Watson MP; Ambassador, Hilton Brighton Metropole
17:00: Making Ends Meet
Allison McGovern MP (chair), John McDonnell MP, Ros Wynne-Jones, Mike Amesbury MP, Kate Green MP, Paul Sweeney MP, Debbie Abrahams MP
17:00: Policing and Human Rights
Gary Younge (chair), Martha Spurrier, Dawn Butler, David Lammy, Diane Abbott; Boardroom, The Old Ship Hotel
17:30: The Fall and Rise of the British Left – Book Launch with Andrew Murray
Consort, The Grand
17:30: What Would it Take for Labour to Win a General Election?
Tom Kibasi (chair), Emily Thornberry MP, Lisa Nandy MP, Jamie Driscoll, Ash Sarkar, Ayesha Hazarika, Joe Twyman; Wye, Hilton Brighton Metropole
17:30: What Next for Labour and Brexit?
Mike Buckley (chair), Tim Roache, Laura Parker, Jude Kirton-Darling MEP, Julie Ward MEP, Imogen Tyreman; Main Hall, St Paul’s Church
17:45: The Future of the Labour Party
Brendan Chilton (chair), John Denham, Lisa Nandy MP, Paul Emery, John Mills; Dining Room, Brighton Hotel
18:00: Too Radical, Or Not Radical Enough? Labour’s Economic Policy
Torsten Bell (chair), Ed Miliband MP, Frances O’Grady, Ben Page, Grace Blakeley; Cambridge, Hilton Brighton Metropole
18:00: Fair to Whom? Labour’s Approach to Migration
Emma Norris (chair), Diane Abbott MP, Joe Owen, Ian Robinson; Regent, The Grand
18:30: 10 Million People Denied a Vote – Time to Fight Back
Alena Ivanova (chair), Laura Parker, David Lammy MP, Paul Sweeney MP, Alexandra Bulat, Alex Fernandes, Jane Golding; Downstairs in the Underbelly, The Walrus Pub
19:30: Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs Rally
John McDonnell MP, Diane Abbott MP, Richard Burgon MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, Laura Pidcock MP, Dan Carden MP, Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP; The World Transformed Marquee
21:30: Labour Friends of Israel
Dame Louise Ellman MP (chair), Tom Watson MP, Hilik Bar, Mark Regev; Balmoral, Hilton Brighton Metropole
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