Shadow Chancellor George Osborne gives his Party Conference speech in Manchester
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne delivers his keynote speech to Party delegates at the 2009 Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on October 6, 2009. UPI/Hugo Philpott
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