The main speeches @ Party Conference

Missed Party Conference - watch these speeches! I have included the main ones, but there were many more - the rest can be found here.

William Hague



Boris Johnson



Arnold Schwarzenegger



Michael Bloomberg



George Obsorne



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David Davis



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David Cameron

The final night

Its been a really great conference and we are coming to the end. Wonderful speechs today continuing to show our solid, well thought out policies that will help our society and appeal to the voters. Off to finish the night as always with everyone in the imperial hotel - now we wait for our leaders speech tomorrow. Spoke to a member who came to our society last year - he has seen a draft of his speech and says it is going to be very, very good! Bring on the end of a manificant party conference!

Not quite yet...

Well the rumours were wrong. A few people were saying that he was going to withdraw troops, but an election rumour was more fun! A good speech is coming up by Davis.

A rumour....

Sitting here and we keep hearing that Brown is going to call the election tomorrow! Everyone is gearing up, two speeches have been written for the key shadow cabinet members. They have a press conference booked tomorrow if he calls it - the journalists are also saying it. It looks like he may call it to steal away from our leaders speech. It could all get very exciting!

State of the Union...

In the TRG state of the union debate. Speakers include Nick Bourne and Malcolm Rifkind. the room is packed full of people and journalists, including BBC newsnight! A really great debate is going on about whether we want a union and the possiblity of an English Parliament. Off to the CF party later.

economics....

Great speech from the shadow chancellor today - help for first time buyers and a raise in the inheritance tax, plus he also showed how he will pay for it. It shows the clear difference between us and Labour. Seems to be very good coverage and a major attraction for the voters! The large round of applause and comments after shows us the real sense and success of it!

The Hague speech

William Hague gave an incredible speech to open the conference. It was powerful and commanding, attacking Brown for his failings and showing who the true heirs to Thatcher are! He did get delayed by 15 mins as the speaker system was not working properly and most could not hear that was being said!

End of the first day

After convention we ended up in the hotel. Lots of people around including Paul Barton, spent many happy hours chatting with many conservatives including a lot of CFers! There is a very positive atmosphere although no one can answer the election question- now or not? We are all waiting to see what happens. Whatever the answer is you can feel that it is going to be a great conference!

Blackpool at night...

Just finished at the convention. Heard some good speeches from members of the board. Plus we had a suprise visit from some members of the shadow cabinet, but i am sure you will hear about that in the news. We have seen the clear image that we are ready for a snap election, and that we would win!

We have arrived...

Charity Auction

To coincide with the Party Conference in Blackpool, the Conservatives are running an online auction to raise money for two great charities which combat family breakdown.

There’s a whole host of brilliant prizes on offer, including a signed copy of David Cameron’s 2005 Conference speech, a night in the Mandarin Oriental, and a signed political cartoon by Matt (Daily Telegraph).

The auction will run from 11am on Sun 30th Sept to 11am on Wed 3rd Oct – and Caroline Spelman, the Party Chairman, will announce how much we’ve raised at the Conference

Click here for more.

Two days to go...

ConservativeHome reports that 8500 passes have been given out for the conference! Lets hope that a lot of them are for CF members. You can also now register to make a contribution to the policy debates - visit the conference site for more. Many of the policy group recommendations are being adopted or rejected so make sure you register to take part - that is to those going.

What is the Party Conference?

Every year the Conservative Party (like the other two parties) hold 2 conferences. A main Party Conference in October, with around 10,000 people attending, and a smaller Spring Forum in March, with around 2,000 people attending.

Who can attend?
Conservative party members can all, in theory, go to conference having applied for a pass through their local associations or through one of the groups in the party.

What can delegates decide?
The Tory conference does not actually vote on any issue (unlike the Labour and the Lib Dems) and their delegates are referred to as "representatives".

Recently the conference has afforded members opportunities to raise concerns during a question and answer sessions with a relevant frontbencher.

Any more questions?
Leave a comment and it shall be answered!

How things use to be...

Party Conference 2007