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Labour Party: Gordon Brown speech to Labour activists in West Ham; ENGLAND: London: West Ham Town Hall: INT*** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***Harriet Harman MP (Deputy Prime Minister) and Lord Mandelson (Peter Mandelson) (Business Secretary) on stage clapping Gordon Brown MP (Prime Minister) as steps up to stageGordon Brown MP (Prime Minister) speech SOT- Pleasure to be here, thank all of you, last few days, weeks, years, thank you for campaigning, delighted to be at meeting chaired by Harriet Harman, Minister for Equalities when equalities act goes through, she will have done more than anyone in this generation, proud of you- Would have liked Sarah to have been here, sorry she is not able to do so, she hasn't resigned, apologises for not being here / Peter Mandelson and we found out this morning something new, knew he had all these great qualities as a minister, great international reputation, didn't know until this morning that 18 months ago he became an expert in email and texting, thank you Peter for everything you are doing- Want to set out mission and the purpose, challenges ahead and changes we need to make, what I stand for, where I want to take the country, where people want us to move over next few months and years / Susan told of her family story, under a Labour government, opportunities through minimum wage, educational advancement, winter pension allowance, helped her family and families like hers / Letter I got from lady age 46 called Diane, had just been for a cancer screen, result of something we had introduced, right to be treated for breast cancer for every women over 45, may not be important to whole country, but important to her family, breast cancer screening, discovered cancer, action had been taken, she was alive today and she said, I owe my life to a Labour government