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| Miliband rallies party 'doubters' | Miliband rallies party 'doubters' |
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| David Miliband has urged Labour to be optimistic about the future, insisting the Conservatives are "beatable". | David Miliband has urged Labour to be optimistic about the future, insisting the Conservatives are "beatable". |
| The foreign secretary told the party conference he "hates defeatism" and said tough times in government were still better than being in opposition. | The foreign secretary told the party conference he "hates defeatism" and said tough times in government were still better than being in opposition. |
| Mr Miliband paid tribute to Gordon Brown, saying he had made a huge difference on the international stage. | Mr Miliband paid tribute to Gordon Brown, saying he had made a huge difference on the international stage. |
| Mr Miliband, seen as a potential challenger to Mr Brown, chatted and joked with the PM after his speech. | Mr Miliband, seen as a potential challenger to Mr Brown, chatted and joked with the PM after his speech. |
| There has been persistent speculation about Mr Miliband's intentions after he wrote a newspaper article in July suggesting Labour needed to raise its game if it wanted to win the next election. | |
| Hope not despair | |
| Some interpreted this as a signal that he was positioning himself to take Mr Brown's job as muttering about his leadership grew. | |
| Addressing Labour delegates, Mr Miliband, who has denied any plans to challenge Mr Brown, said the party must "defeat fatalism" and "replace it with hope". | |
| "The truth is these Tories are beatable," he said. "Let us say with conviction they are beatable." | |
| Labour must look to the future rather than the past, Mr Miliband stressed, while remaining focused on its core values. | |
| He praised Mr Brown's commitment to reducing global poverty and the key role he played on securing an international agreement on prohibiting the use of cluster bombs. | |
| "That is the sort of difference he makes in the world," said Mr Miliband. | |
| The foreign secretary finished by urging the party to "take pride not in what we have finished but what we have started". | |
| "Together, let us earn the privilege, seize the opportunity, and prove the fatalists wrong." |