“It's not Muslims versus the rest of us. It's evil terrorists on one side against all civilised people on the other.”

Speech to the Labour Party conference in Manchester, 28 September 2006. BBC News 28 September 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5388112.stm

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