GREGG McClymont, the much-liked Shadow Pensions Minister and MP for Cumbernauld, takes the plunge this weekend when he will wed his sweetheart, a research consultant.

But his Labour colleagues, fresh from saving the Union, who might be forgiven for raising an eyebrow when they realised the happy event is taking place on a partitioned island: Cyprus. At least the sun will be shining.

GORDON Brown introducing Ed Miliband on stage was not a headline you saw yesterday. But it did happen. Well, sort of. The voice heard just before the Labour leader came onstage was that of noted British actor David Morrissey. One of his notable roles was a fictional politician in the drama State of Play a decade ago. But in another famous role he also played -one Gordon Brown.

SHADOW health secretary Andy Burnham was moved to tears by a Second World War veteran who warned his poverty-stricken past would be others' future if the NHS did not survive.

Harry Smith, 91 who grew up in a "barbarous, bleak" Barnsley slum, received standing ovations as he told his story to the conference. And he ended his message by sending a stern warning to David Cameron - "Keep your mitts off my NHS".

What is it about politicians and dancing? As soon as an MP sees that square space and a shiny globe, they can't help themselves. And so it was at a heavily populated Scots Night when Harriet Harman and Margaret Curran were on the hunt for men; more specifically male dance partners for a quick skip around the dance floor, doing the Gay Gordons. To one not initiated in the fine art of Scottish country dancing, I have to admit they were very good, and all toes seemed to have remained intact.