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====2005 Brighton==== The 2005 conference was held in Brighton from 26 until 29 September and followed Labour's success in the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]].<ref name=":20">{{Cite news |last1=White |first1=Michael |last2=Wintour |first2=Patrick |date=2005-09-26 |title=Leadership team prepares for battle with unions |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/sep/26/labour2005.politics |access-date=2023-10-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":21">{{Cite news |date=2005-09-29 |title=Today in Brighton |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/sep/29/uk.labourconference2 |access-date=2023-10-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Over the course of the conference, over 600 people were held under Section 44 of the [[Terrorism Act 2000]], which allows for [[stop and search]] to be carried out by the police. This included [[Walter Wolfgang]], an 82-year-old peace activist and refugee from [[Nazi Germany]] who was removed from the conference for shouting the word "nonsense" at a speech on Iraq by [[Jack Straw]], and later detained under the Act when he tried to get back in. None of those held were arrested nor charged. Labour issued an apology to Wolfgang, and he was cheered when he returned the next day.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-09-28 |title=Labour issues apology to heckler |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4291388.stm |access-date=2023-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/over-600-held-under-terror-act-at-labour-conference-1-1098792 |title=Over 600 held under terror act at Labour conference |publisher=Johnston Publishing |work=Scotsman.com |date=3 October 2005 |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-date=18 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118124819/https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/over-600-held-under-terror-act-labour-conference-2471111 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-09-29 |title=Labour welcomes back Iraq heckler |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/29/labour.heckler/index.html |access-date=2023-10-18}}</ref>
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