more … ]]> It was nice to read the following words in the Independent on Sunday today:

One of the few unambiguously positive contributions to the coalition was made by the Lib Dem spring conference yesterday, when it voted against the reorganisation of the health service being driven through by Andrew Lansley, the Conservative Health Secretary.

Particularly when the amendment is introduced as follows:

Amendment One

Winchester & Chandlers Ford, Southport, Guildford, 133 conference representatives.

A few other headlines:

• Lib Dem delegates bring their leaders to heel over coalition’s NHS reforms
• Crushing defeat for Clegg as the Lib Dems reject health reforms

Combined with the votes on Disability Living Allowance, Access to Justice and the banking system (amongst others), a really productive conference.

Now to get it all implemented…

more … ]]> As mentioned on Facebook, I spent much of last week wandering around Lib Dem conference with a small Sony video camera – filming a range of things from fun through to serious on behalf of ITV Meridian’s “Last Word”.

They weren’t looking for my day-to-day political views, but rather a sense of what it’s like behind the scenes at a party conference.

Only a small selection of what I’d filmed made it through to their final edit – here is the result!