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He later said he welcomed Stokes' speech, saying some of the quotes in the speech could have been given by him.
Martin Kaiser, Greenpeace's international climate director, welcomed the speech.
The Muslim world largely welcomed the speech, although some said it lacked concrete proposals.
Mr. Abbas's tone on Wednesday was more neutral, and Hamas leaders in Gaza welcomed the speech.
Like Mr Blair (who welcomed the speech), Mr Miliband threatened to overturn a hoary party tradition; in his case, automatic donations to Labour by union members.
One of Australia's most eminent psychiatrists and mental health campaigners, Prof Ian Hickie, said while he welcomed free speech, he found Nitschke's ideas "unacceptable".
Kenny welcomed the speech, and described it as a "staggeringly different approach to previous Labour party leaders that have addressed the TUC.
The BBC welcomed the speech and said it was already working on plan for portable digital services, something that Whittingdale mentioned as part of his review into the digital single market.
The Palestinians' United Nations observer, Nasser al-Kidwa, welcomed the speech as the strongest he had heard from the secretary general and said that his delegation had not given up hope of a Security Council resolution condemning Israel.
