Scottish Conservative Conference – Live Blog

18:00 – that’s it from conference here in Perth I’m out for dinner this evening ahead of an action day in Perth and North Perthshire tomorrow so full analysis of the conference will probably not be up until tomorrow evening at the earliest

16:13 – he Closes by saying come with me as our best days lie ahead of us. Dc joined on stage by David Mundell and Anabel Goldie.
An excellent speech by Cameron. Full analysis to come later.

16:09 – I would rather we attempted big change and fail than limp through relying on relaunches and press releases
We need to trust people and so
Things will go wrong, but we need to do these things because that is the only way we will get the country back on tracks

16:03 – if you can work and aren’t working you can’t go on receiving benefits. It’s bad for society and we won’t let it continue

15:56 – labour have mucked up and are completely out of touch with the people so we need to come to the rescue

15:54 – 1st slip up: “the NHS in Scotland is dissolved, I mean devolved”!!

15:51 – “we’ve had to fix labours damage before and well do it again. We’ll role up our sleeves and work together to rebuild our economy

15:47 – solid focus on strength of union and that it is a disgrace that Brown did not meet Salmond for a year in a time of economic hardship

15:45 – dc on stage. Early focus on need to stop Labour damaging the country more
Pledges to never join the Euro : well received in the conference hall

14:46 – back in the conference bar ahead of Gove’s speech at 3pm. Will cover the main points here

14:07 – lunch fringe over, back to propping up the bar

12:16 – disgrace that the SNP have stopped the right to buy: one of the most successful policies of the Thatcher era

12:03 – snp not standing for UK parliament, Lib Dems not in the running for government so only a vote for the Conservatives can get a change of government.
Labour have done so much damage we need to send them packing for
The good of the country

12:02 – Scotland is better in a united kingdom, not an
Independent one

12:00 – opens speech with focus on personal conservatism. Bedrock, she says lies in her dissagreeimg not agreeing with the nationalisation during the Wilson government.

11:55 – Anabel Goldie now on stage. All her msps are lined up on the front row and she enters to a standing ovation.

11:52 – Peter Duncan closes the candidates session. Now it’s
Anabel Goldie’s turn

11:35 – Richard Cook, ppc in East Renfrewshire now speaking. Richard’s true talent as a public speaker is clear given his speech was written a few hours ago!

11:20 – time out. Getting a cup of tea, just had a rather nice chat with Alan Cochrane of the Daily Telegraph

11:00 – star of the BBC Programme, Trawlermen, and our candidate in Banth and Buchan is now on stage. His speech focusses on rural affairs.
I see what the conference organisers are doing now, basically, because it’s a one day conference, there’s no time to have a series of topic sessions so they’re using the target seats candidates to speak on a variety of issues. Obviously this gives exposure to the candidates as well.

10:55 – west Aberdeenshire and Kincardine candidate now on stage talking about climate change.
Before him, Berekshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk candidate, John Lamont spoke with a focus on renewable energy.
What is clear here is that we really do have a good set of candidates in our target seats. From what I’ve seen so far, they will all make excellent MPs. I hope to speak to some of them later on

10:35 – Peter Lyburn, local candidate here in Perth now on stage. He opens his speech focussing on transparency and cleaning up parliament especially in area of expenses.
A fairly moderate speech from Lyburn. Mentioned Brown’s lack of meeting with Alex Salmond for over a year during the recession. We’ll hear more about that later in Cameron’s speech

9am: Here go’s. Up and and about after a cracking night out. Just waiting for breakfast then off to the conference centre for what promises to be a good day. I’ll post updates here throughout the day, or you can follow my Twitter feed at www.Twitter.com/greensdiary