If anyone wants to know why we must conduct ourselves [realistically and with commonsense], just remember at all times, with all temptations, how you, each and every one of you sitting in this hall, each and every Labour worker watching this conference, each and every Labour voter, yes, and some others as well, remember how you felt on that dreadful morning of the tenth of June.
Just remember how you felt then, and think to yourselves: 'June the ninth, 1983, never ever again will we experience that.'
Neil Kinnock's first speech to the Labour Party Conference as Labour leader, October 1983, in the aftermath of a crushing defeat for Labour.
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