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Margaret Thatcher's visit to Gordon Brown in No 10 is still the talk of the steamie at the conference. Michael White (the Guardian) and Matthew Parris (The Times) agreed - because she wore pink - that the old girl knew what she was doing.

Parris, a former Tory MP, explained that as people's minds start to close down in old age the last function to fade in a politician is malice.

At Sir Ming's speech on civil rights only two reporters were there (his speech had been circulating for hours). Their exchange went something like this: "Why are you here?" "I'm on death watch". "But surely he won't be assassinated here." "Oh no! not that kind of death watch."

Gaffe of the day: During a Q & A with Sandi Toksvig, who was simply there to chair the session and not put him on the spot, Sir Ming uttered the words "Gosh, I'm a failure." Later Nicol Stephen, the leader of the Scottish LibDems, was desperately hoping he had said it in jest.

Obviously Sassenachs are responsible for the billboards at the conference.

For the duration of the leader's Q&A, Sir Ming's Sunday name was spelt Sir Menzeis.

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Posted by: The West Awake, Argyll on 10:19am Wed 19 Sep 07

The Lib Dems seem to be having a torrid time.
I'm gutted.
Maybe they're now thinking that blind faith in their relationship with New Labour wasn't so clever after all... or maybe they haven't got there yet.
Nichol- pick up the phone, phone Alex, - then phone Ming.

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