Tory Party Conference: Birmingham Welcomes You

[FatticusInch]

….or maybe not?

https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/24/birmingham-broods-over-tory-treachery-as-conservative-party-conference-looms

Seems it’s not just the locals ready with a warm welcome either:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-party-conference-2022-protests-when-b2176541.html?amp

https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/conservative-party-conference-the-peoples-assembly-to-protest-on-first-day-3861544?amp

I’m actually looking forward to this, especially the Truss and Kwarteng speeches.
One notable absentee is allowing Truss to ‘own the moment’.
She’s certainly going to do that!

https://amp.lbc.co.uk/news/rishi-sunak-will-not-attend-the-conservative-party-conference/

[gulliver1]

Truss is thinking of cancelling the Conference.

[Gromit]

Is Sunak house hunting in California ?

[Spungle]

There are always protests at these conference, Fatticus. All the scroungers who don't work turn out in force to vent their anger at the suggestion they might have to get a job or lose their benefits paid for by the rest of us.

[gulliver1]

Just hope Therese Coffey remembers to go to Birmingham and not Blackpool.

[gulliver1]

Spungle @10.44 That means all the Tory MPs will be on the outside looking in then. lol.

[FatticusInch]

Spungle,
//All the scroungers who don't work turn out in force//

You mean the government, because they’re certainly not working for me, nor 99% of the population it would appear?

[FatticusInch]

Seems Rishi Rich is not the only one skipping conference.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/senior-tories-boycott-conservative-party-151800716.html

[mushroom25]

non-attendance by some may not all be due to fall out from the "budget" - there are no trains tomorrow, nor will there be next Wednesday, so some would have difficulty getting there, and home again afterwards.

[Paigntonian]

Spungle: I'm not 'a scounger' but even this life-long Tory would be happy to protest against these callous and incompetent Xuckers.

[FatticusInch]

Getting their excuses in early for them eh?
Can’t say I blame them, it’ll be like watching a train crash in slow motion.

[FatticusInch]

They don’t like going anywhere north of Watford Gap it seems?

https://news.sky.com/preview/3554268?apikey=Xoi3vVJNQRUjbB2bvS