Steelworks fight comes to Labour Conference
Teesside comes to Brighton today as some of the workers from the arrive in town.
They're here for a Fringe meeting I'm chairing this evening.
It's a Question Time with me acting as the referee between the unions and the Government.
The situation at Corus is perilous.
There's .
The , and so the search for new contracts is tough.
Some say the market might not recover for five years.
Once it does, then the plant can be competitive again - but first and foremost it has to survive to see that revival.
There are no precedents for a steel mill reopening after it's been shut.
The workers are looking for to ensure the plant does survive.
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has been invited to the meeting. I'll let you know if he shows, and whether he has any positive news.
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I missed the meeting unfortunately but Darlington MP Alan Milburn caused a bit of a stir with his appearance at the Conference Fringe.
The young Mr Milburn was a member of CND, but it's been a long time since he advocated nuclear disarmament.
But he told a meeting organised by the that the Government .
Instead, he said the money should go into the NHS.
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The big news here of course is what's in - a rarity at a Labour Conference I admit.
Delegates here though appear to be buoyed rather than disheartened by its decision to back Cameron.
The amongst Labour members is full of anger and defiance.
It might even motivate more of them to push harder for a Labour revival.
So whatever the result of the election The Sun might still be able to say "It was us wot won it".
I'm Richard Moss, the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Political Editor for the North East and Cumbria. Welcome to my irreverent - but hopefully insightful - northern take on reporting politics for Look North and the Politics Show.
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