Ros and I are in Gateshead today, where the Regional Conference is taking place in the Civic Centre on a sunny day. I emphasise the 'sunny day' element because the last time we were in the North East, the weather was, for the most part, pretty grim.
The council chamber is traditionally Labour in style, with a National Union of Mineworkers banner on the wall, a lot of brown and beige, and very few places to plug in a laptop computer. It is, however, a very nice place to hold a conference with comfortable seats, good acoustics and excellent sight lines.
Ros opened the Conference with a speech and questions, and was followed with a presentation by Robert Adamson, who is the representative of both the Federal Conference and Policy Committees to the North East Region. It was interesting that he should choose to come up to Gateshead and show his face, and he received a polite reception.
We're now in the midst of a presentation from Dave McCobb, the Campaigns Officer for Yorkshire and the Humber, telling us what we should be doing for the European elections. I wonder if a blue envelope and postal vote campaign would work in Creeting St Peter?
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