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So to those of you who have been coming up to me in the last few days - don't worry, I'll be fine
David Miliband
David Miliband has urged the Labour Party to get behind his brother as their new leader, telling delegates in Manchester "don't worry, I'll be fine".
Welcomed to the podium with a standing ovation, the defeated leadership candidate said he was "incredibly honoured and humbled" by the support he had received.
"I'm really, really, really proud. I'm so proud of my campaign, I'm so proud of my party but above all I'm incredibly proud of my brother.
He added: "We have a great new leader and we all have to get behind him.
"Ed is a special person to me. Now he is a special person to you and our job is to make him a special person for all the British people."
"You don't run for the leadership, you don't do anything like that in politics or in life, unless you are 100 per cent committed to winning.
"But I've also learned something else in life: you never go in for something, especially something so important, unless you are sure in yourself that you are reconciled to the prospect that you might lose. That's life.
"So to those of you who have been coming up to me in the last few days - don't worry, I'll be fine."
In a final call for unity Miliband said there should be "no more cliques, no more factions, no more soap operas."
"When people look back at this conference in Manchester, let us vow today that they will say two things," he said.
"First, the Labour Party learnt its lessons. It learnt to listen to the British people and it learnt, above all, that, unless we are united, we will lose.
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