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However, he seemed to have succeeded at the 2009 Labour Party conference when Mandelson delivered a rousing speech to despondent delegates, telling them: "If I can come back, we can come back."

At her own union's conference in the summer, delegates voted overwhelmingly to re-examine its relationship with Labour.

Even with the heavy focus on the redistricting ballot measure, gubernatorial candidates were also skittering around the convention, speaking to various caucuses, greeting delegates in the hallways and holding private meetings.

The logical person to fill this gap would be the city’s 18-term congressional delegate.

The leader of the Conservatives is due to address the huge Offshore Europe conference in Aberdeen later, where around 35,000 delegates will gather for the next four days.