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After 47 years as an MP, you'd think he'd be getting bored of it.

But Dennis Skinner showed no sign of defeat today as he brought the Labour Party Conference to its feet aged 85.

The veteran 'Beast of Bolsover' was given a prime spot on the main stage just before Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, and boy did he use it.

"Vote Labour - I can't wait for it!" he bellowed to delighted delegates, calling Labour's 2017 manifesto the best since 1945.

"All power to your elbow!"

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Mr Skinner demanded the government borrow vast sums of money to rebuild the country as it did after the Second World War.

Praising NHS architect Nye Bevan, he said: "The country was skint and yet somehow or other Nye Bevan had an answer. He said 'we're going to borrow it'."

And he earned laughs when he condemned the sell-off of Royal Mail.

"Ooh it really gets to me how they talk about the Queen's head being privatised," he growled.

Watch the full speech above.