An Imposter in Brighton

On his way in to the Labour conference, Lord Mandelson experienced some difficulties with his security pass. By Sinn Fein's Mitchel McLaughlin had no such trouble, even though, according to my spies, his pass identified him as "Northern Ireland Labour Party".

A real local Labourite - Boyd Black - has been trying to get into the party for years. Now he's a member he found himself in the inner sanctum at the conference as an scrutineer on the votes. In this guise I am told he had to show Jeremy Paxman the door when a Newsnight crew tried to grab a few shots of a count in progress.

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