No queues, empty seats and the worst speech ever heard: welcome to the Tory conference | John Crace
Birmingham event is like a safari park attraction where we get to see the remnants of a party in a protected habitat At the Labour party conference in…
The Guardian reports: Birmingham event is like a safari park attraction where we get to see the remnants of a party in a protected habitat At the Labour party conference in Liverpool last week, Andy Burnham floated the idea of electoral reform.
This week in Birmingham, the Tories have come up with a plan of their own: voting with their feet. Let’s just say that the Conservative party conference is extremely civilised.
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