News From The Big Tent
Party like it's 1918, baby!
"So who have you seen so far?" asked one TV newsman to another certain well-known reporter. "Only Tommy Two-Dinners and the usual array of MPs who expect to be here at this time."
First day of the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth: the stalls are still being set out, there are packing cases littering the floors, and yet the bars are already filling with the "usual array" of suspects.
It's a sad fact that you can usually identify the conference crowd amongst the holiday makers; Within five minutes of settling down for a pint of mild and bitter, Westmonster's ears were assailed by two gentlemen in conference passes, drinking champagne (seriously) and talking about the Brown reforms (earnestly). It's unfortunate, but the only teenagers who are not attractive are the ones who are involved in politics. Ewwwww.
Party reform will be the main issue of the conference -- partly because there is nothing that the Labour Party likes more than talking about itself, but also because the changes proposed are perhaps the most significant since the seminal conference of 1918.
According to the official report of that particluar gathering, conference concluded with one of the delegates being invited to jump on the table with a fiddle and play out The Red Flag. It's early days, but i doubt we'll see similar scenes in the state-of-the-art exhibition centre that is being wi-fi-ed up whilst the sharp-suited bag carriers sip their champagne sunny Bournemouth.
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"It's unfortunate, but the only teenagers who are not attractive are the ones who are involved in politics. Ewwwww."
As someone who spent several of their formative years in Westmonster's office, I would like to register my somewhat belated offense at that. Surly I was a beautiful teen?
My lovey, you were gorgeous :-)