What’s on today at Labour conference: The Spectator guide | 24 September 2019

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

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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