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Conference Extras open thread: Saturday – Rally, Doctor Who and Disco

By The Voice | Sat 19th September 2015 - 10:30 am

We hope you’ve spotted the open thread on the action taking place in the main auditorium today. In comparison, this thread is for you to talk about fringe meetings, the exhibition and all the other things going on around the main business.

Today’s highlights

Tim Farron’s first appearance on the Conference stage is this evening at the Members’ rally. Expect an unashamed pitch to the moderate voters, put off by the lurches to ideological extremes, to join us in credible opposition to the Tories.

There was talk of occupying the hall afterwards and forcing them to let us watch Doctor Who (note to rally organisers, it must not over-run, not by one second), but we’re all too scared of the wonderful hall steward Hannah Boyer to do that. We’ll keep you posted on the plans to see Capaldi and Coleman in action.

Earlier in the day, there’s a session on how to speak at conference at lunchtime, and a q and a and all sorts of Euro fun with Catherine Bearder.

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