THE Labour Party was forced to make a humiliating apology to an 82-year-old delegate last night after he was forcibly ejected from its conference for heckling Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary.
Walter Wolfgang, who has been a party member for 57 years, had shouted “nonsense” to Mr Straw as he defended the war in Iraq.

Moments later the pensioner was bundled out of the conference arena by security guards, who also turned on another delegate who had protested at the treatment of Mr Wolfgang.

Police used powers under the Terrorism Act to stop the second delegate getting back into the conference venue. After embarrassing television pictures showing the dual eviction were broadcast, the Labour Party admitted that the way that Mr Wolfgang had been treated was “inappropriate” and that it would be apologising to him.

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