I love my party, I really do, but when I see a poll on an esteemed website, to which my ward colleague is a contributor, of such parochial pusillanimity, I weep...
I refer, of course, to the 'favourite federal conference venue' vote. Lugubrious settings from Blackpool to Torquay are in the running - but why should we, a European party, tie ourselves to such tired conventions and convention-centres? Why don't we storm the Parisian barricades, or roam in Rome? If we must avoid air travel, why, Paris is still on the map, or we could amuse ourselves in Bruges (no scent of Thatcher there)...
After all, I thought we were the party that can show them how to party!
2 comments:
I (over a few drinks) have discussed this with a Tory a year or so back. We agreed that any party going outside of the UK would be in for some stick. But if we all set off for somewhere more adventurous at the same time...
You missed off the 'from recent years', Cllr Rundle!
If I were running a poll for the dream conference venue the options would be
1) Newcastle
2) Gateshead
3) Somewhere else in the glorious North East of England
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