This Week in Tweets

• we need a third Irish referendum so we can take an average #
• shambles of a tory meeting for youth wing this morning #
• watching bond on ITV – dreams #
• Pickles opens conference with the words "my dear chums" #cpc09 #
• day today – blogging will be light at best #
• today's socialist stand outside the union is a petition that reads "troops out"- some things never change #
• and so the evening's entertainment begins: history society quiz #
• won the aforementioned quiz. (by 1 point). well played team vanguard #
• when did celtic civilisation become history of art? #
• Obama speech now being shown in lecture – whatever next #
• my goodness there's some junk on Later Live with Jools #
• I want to type 'Declaration of Independence' but the computer wants 'December of Independence'! #
• back to 1997? http://bit.ly/3IkXVZ #
• RT @toryrascal: "Ruth Davison at Stonewall Fringe – "this is more than a hug-a-homo moment." #cpc09" #
• epic fail with dinner. burnt chips, tasteless egg, rubbish bacon and awful sausages. That's what happens when you try and make things simple #
• extra staging coming into hall, will Dave have the PPCs behind him or will he have the shadow cabinet? #
• Cameron arrives at conference centre for his big speech #
• how will the 2,000 accredited journos view the speech? #cpc09 #
• RT @TimMontgomerie: Iain Duncan Smith will be a minister in next government #cpc09 http://bit.ly/YDAX1 #
• here we go #cpc09 #gdlive #
• Hague to introduce the shadow cabinet #cpc09 #gdlive #
• what the hell is bonno doing there? #cpc09 #gdlive #
• intro to Dave seems to be all about the dave show, talk about stage manage #cpc09 #gdlive #
• Dave's greatest hits now playing out in hall #cpc09 #gdlive #
• and he he is #cpc09 #gdlive #
• strong start #cpc09 #gdlive #
• good to see Afghanistan top headline #cpc09 #gdlive #
• war cabinet from day 1, need for credible strategy. send more soilders and then we bring them back home #cpc09 #gdlive #
• standing ovation for soldiers serving #cpc09 #gdlive #
• we have won the argument on the economy and spending – that is the sucess we'e achieved this year #cpc09 #gdlive #
• "more govt got us into mess" Labour is wrong, we need less govt #cpc09 #gdlive #
• approach that the government can sort every problem is bad #cpc09 #gdlive #
• solve our problems not with bigger government, but with stronger society, by rebuilding responsibility #cpc09 #gdlive #
• whilst the tories are being serious about fixing the country, Labour are playing bingo http://tinyurl.com/yavz3mr #cpc09 #gdlive #
• #cpc09 is now biggest trending topic on twitter #cpc09 #gdlive #
• RT @BBCLauraK: Here is Cameron's overall argument – big government is the problem not the solution #cpc09 #
• do we have a twitter tsar? no.. yet, #cpc09 is biggest subject on twitter in the world #cpc09 #gdlive #
• lots of nice chat about how wrong things are, but quite light on policies, very similar to 1997 #cpc09 #gdlive #
• RT @torybear: Weak spin from @KerryMP saying it's because she is is slagging of tories that they are trending. #cpc09 #gdlive #
• thanks IDS, he can't be at conference as his wife is ill with cancer #cpc09 #gdlive #
• this is completely diff from last week, Brown started well then faded, Dave is going well. helps with the party on side! #cpc09 #gdlive #
• Labour tweets going on about poshness of Dave's voice -game set and match on politics then #cpc09 #gdlive #
• "got to stop treating adults like children and children like adults." sound #cpc09 #gdlive #
• children & adults line best yet #cpc09 #gdlive #
• RT @TimMontgomerie: Tribute to Margaret Tebbit is an appropriate nod in Norman's direction #cpc09 http://bit.ly/YDAX1 #cpc09 #gdlive #
• "I am passionate about our Union and I will never do anything to put it at risk" #cpc09 #gdlive #
• "we will sweep the whole rotten edifice away" #cpc09 #gdlive #
• next topic: politics #cpc09 #gdlive #
• deliberate reference to Blair, the speech is very New Labouresq #cpc09 #gdlive #
• "we will reward those who take responsibility, and care for those who can’t." #cpc09 #gdlive #
• now in conclusion #cpc09 #gdlive #
• "you made it happen" – we are on a journey. he beliewves, we believe #cpc09 #gdlive #
• that is what you call a speech, a bit light on policy, but the right direction nevertheless #cpc09 #gdlive #
• is it a speech that will drive on Tories to fight? no, but it was an argument, not a policy announcement #cpc09 #gdlive #
• Eric Pickles on BBC News: "I thought the speech was the best bit" – hows that for question dodging? #cpc09 #gdlive #
• BBC News channel: "even President Obama uses an autocue" – you bet he does. he's lost without it #
• heating went on last night. Will I beat last year's record bill? #
• having immense fun with speechbreaker take a look for yourself http://tinyurl.com/yldgcxh #
• Nobel Peace Prize reaches new lows: http://tinyurl.com/yf4d5ph #