Photo: Guardian/Reuters
The picture is of the main conference hall at the Tory Conference in Manchester as Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride delivered a keynote address.
It seems to tally with reports that attendance at the conference is both lower than 2024 and lower than expected. It provides a sort of empirical check on widespread media commentary about the demise of the Tory Party.
As anyone who organises a meeting knows if you want it packed make sure the room is smaller than the anticipated attendance. It appears that even this basic point is now lost on the Tories
True. But I remember my father’s saying. “First rule of public speaking. Check your flies”