At conference, the Tories are haunted by their past |
Day three of the Tory conference. A giant drone hung over the stage for the afternoon’s session on defence. Plenty of giant drones were hungover in the audience too. We heard from a Ukrainian politician who lamented that we lived in an era where ‘force of law’ had been replaced by ‘law of force’. Unfortunately, Britain is a country which has yet to learn that lesson itself.
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This was the grand unveiling of new shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat; not a man known for his shy and retiring nature. There was some bottom-crawling to be done by the new recruit: ‘Kemi has shown that she is absolutely brilliant… You chose well, conference, you really did.’ There was much guffawing at this; Robert Jenrick has been one of the punchbags of conference. He has turned from being a one-time party darling to being a sort of King Rat figure, booed and jeered at every turn, and featuring heavily as a diminutive, wailing figure in the party’s AI Bayeux Tapestry.
Another panto villain for the depleted ranks of the Tory faithful was Ed Miliband, whose very mention elicited laughter from the audience. ‘We........