listen to ‘Danny Alexander: There’s no spending bonanza around the corner’ on Audioboo Conference, it’s great to have you here in Scotland. In Glasgow or, as we like to call it in Inverness, ‘the deep south.’ This great city has many claims to fame: its industrial heritage, culture, football, it’s even the home of the
listen to ‘Vince Cable’s speech to the Lib Dem conference 2013’ on Audioboo Friends. It is a special pleasure to speak to Conference in the city where I had my political baptism of fire. Glasgow is a great city and Glaswegians are warm, hospitable and humorous. But Glasgow has experienced one party, Labour, rule for
Welcome to Glasgow. This year’s conference sees us gather in a city that has always been important to the Liberal Democrats, a city once represented by Roy Jenkins, that gave us Ming Campbell and where nearby in 2005 Jo Swinson won a famous victory to take her seat from Labour and become an MP at
‘The old duffer needs cue cards for everything!’
‘I must say, I preferred 50 Shades of Grey.’
Snow White and the seven trolls
‘…and to my wife I leave my entire jazz collection.’
‘Arrrgghh! Good light stops play!’
‘Monday’s no good, I’ve got Sex Addicts Anonymous, Tuesday it’s my AA meeting, Thursday’s Gamblers Anonymous and Friday’s Narcotics Anonymous. You know, sometimes I think I might have an addictive personality.’
‘Miss Harkness, remind me, at our last board meeting who scratched my back?’
‘But we only have three rabbits. Do we really need a gamekeeper?’
‘I had a problem with the ending. It doesn’t come quickly enough.’
‘It’s OK for you but I’ve got nine life sentences to serve.’
‘Which is the correct remote for watching Downton Abbey?’
‘The economic outlook just gets better and better.’
‘Sorry, we’re not taking on any slaves at the moment.’
Tories and Italians Sir: Roger Scruton must be laughing, or more likely crying, to hear his Meaning of Conservatism described as the ‘Bible of the Tories’ (‘Italians for Maggie’, 7 September). Nothing could be further from the truth. According to Farrell, ‘Italians believe that only the state can bring freedom.’ But that’s closer to Scruton’s position