Good Bad week for Conservatives
So far they have a snazzy new website, Paul Sykes who is very rich is going back to them from Ukip, and the press are going easy on their tax and spending plans.
It appears William Hague is not at the conference, or he is not staying there, as he is -- for some unknown reason -- presenting a marketing awards ceremony at the Hilton in London tonight. The girlfriend is going, and I have instructed her to take photos and ask him why he is boycotting Bournemouth.
Update: Panic over. It appears he is only missing the evening's entertainment. Two commenters have revealed that William 'Save the Pound, Jeremy, Save the Pound' Hague is in Bournemouth.
Update Two: Actually Hague admitted it was strange he was not in Bournemouth, and explained it thus: he said he didn't believe ex party-leaders should hang around the conference as it made it hard for the current leader. He noted that he'd wished some of his predecessors had followed that policy when he was leader. I never knew he had it in for poor John Major so much...
posted by Matthew @ 10/05/2004 11:19:00 AM
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