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Dennis Skinner has said that a government led by Jeremy Corbyn should nationalise "something every week".

The veteran left wing MP was greeted by a standing ovation when he took to the stage at Labour's annual conference.

To rapturous applause Dennis Skinner the Bolsover MP set a high bar for his approval should Labour win the next election.

He told delegates: "I want to nationalise something every week.

"Wouldn’t it be wonderful to get somebody to mirror what happened in 1945.

"I hope that I’m still in parliament because I want to nationalise something every week.”

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The 86-year-old MP went on to praise the NHS and defend the rights of foreign staff who work for it.

"Half of London would be dead" without them he declared.

He added: “I’m old enough to remember the creation of the National Health Service" and he credited the NHS with the reason "I'm here today".

Mr Skinner praised the doctors who have treated him as he has battled ill health in recent years.

Speaking about a heart transplant in 2003, he said: “I had a Malaysian surgeon, I had a Nigerian registrar, I had a Dutch doctor"

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Mr Skinner said: “When I had a heart bypass in 2003, I’ll never forget that steady hand of the doctor that found a way from my groin straight to my heart.”

“I watched his every movement and thought ‘if he makes a slip, then that’s the end. There will be no more speeches at the Labour Party conference’.”

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The veteran MP, who is known as the Beast of Bolsover, recalled talking with his Dad aged 12 about Clement Attlee and asking what about the other MPs in the party.

“My dad said "he’s got some good men and women around him and we have today”