I'm Coming Out for Brian Paddick and other Conference tittle-tattle

I had some really intelligent things to say about Conference but can't remember what they are. So have these random wibbles instead.

As many people have noted, the Liverpool Conference Centre does have a roof. It's also clearly designed as an aircraft hangar if the conference centre plan falls through. The spaces are mammoth, and fringe meetings and training events happen in little prefab huts built in the gargantuan vaults of the 'multi-purpose space'. Sadly these huts have really bad acoustics, and are either dark or roasting hot because of overpowered spotlights. Not a good place to train.

The restaurants are also overcrowded and overpriced, even for a conference. I have a hotel with a view of the train station and a nice "choo-choo" soundtrack. Apart from that, Liverpool's lovely.

Over dinner last night I learnt the principle of legal aid: "I didn't do it, and if I did do it it wasn't me, and if it was me I didn't mean to, and if I did mean to it was self-defence."

And today I learnt that the Party Reform Commission is doing a lot of interesting things.

Tomorrow I'm going to buy a teddy bear which says "I'm coming out for Brian Paddick" - assuming there are any of them left by then.

The real big split in Conference is over the Democratic nomination. I half expect Glee Club to be taken over by the Barackers and Hillaryers singing adapted hits from West Side Story. "I wanna live in ameer- eee -caa .... nominations are free in ameer - ee -caaa...." If that happens, then euthenasia is really the only option.