Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Tory Party Conference

I have just arrived back from sunny Bournmouth where I was introduced to blogging . Thanks I think to Iain Dale http://iaindale.blogspot.com and James Cleaverly http://jamescleverly.blogspot.com


The conference was a good one. I went to some excellent fringe meetings. Its always a great excuse to talk politics and catch up with old friends and make new ones.

Good things about this conference

Conservatives have always been interested in the environment but at last they seem committed to taking some real action- more later!

They are starting to look like an electable Party at last.

The successful launch of a new health database/think tank www.2020health.org - please sign up and post your views.

William Hague being interviewed by Andrew Rawnsley -excellent

Bad things about this conference

The BBC focusing on more mature Party members when showing general pictures of conference- this does not represent the age demographics of attendees

Waiting an hour to pick up my conference pass

Chris Woodhead attending a fringe meeting with a police escort because he had not been security cleared - ridiculous!!

The thought of Blackpool next year- why not somewhere with better conference facilities?

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