CHERIE

"At least I don't have to worry about her running off with the bloke next door."

GETTING OLDER

"I know I look a lot older, that’s what being leader of the Labour Party does to you. Actually, looking around, some of you look a lot older. That’s what having me as leader of the Labour Party does to you."

SAYING THANK YOU

"Thank you to you, our party, our members, our supporters..................Thank you the Labour Party for giving me the extraordinary privilege of leading you these past 12 years.......But above all else, I want to thank the British people - not just for the honour of being Prime Minister but for the journey of progress we have travelled together."

KNOWING WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO

"The truth is, you can’t go on forever. That’s why it is right that this is my last conference as leader. Of course it is hard to let go but it is also right to let go - for the country and for you, the party. You can't go on for ever....of course it's hard to let go but it's right to let go, for the country and for the party."

GORDON BROWN

"And I want to heal. There has been a lot of talk of lies and truths these past few weeks. In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight. But I know New Labour would never have happened and three election victories would never have been secured without Gordon Brown. He is a remarkable man, a remarkable servant to this country - and that is the truth."

FUTURE CHALLENGES

"I won’t be leading you in the next election but I’ve sat in the hot seat for 10 years. Here’s my advice - the scale of the challenges now dwarf what we faced in 1997. They are different, deeper, bigger, hammered out on the anvil of forces, global in nature, sweeping the world......We used to feel we could shut our front door on the problems and conflicts of the wider world - not any more. Not with globalisation, not with climate change, not with organised crime, not when suicide bombers born and bred in Britain bring carnage to the streets of London in the name of religion."

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