West Midlands Conference

On Saturday I attended the West Midlands Regional Conference in Solihull. I ran two training sessions for local party officers and also heard speeches from Baroness Ros Scott and Simon Hughes.

Ros spoke on her recent travels, Dave Hodgson's stunning win in the Bedford Mayoral by-election and our chances in the upcoming general election, particularly where we are up against the Conservatives. Not everyone in the room agreed with Simon's rather utopian view of energy policy but his speech in general was well received.

I'd like to see a wider variety of training and policy discussions at future regional conferences in order to attract more people.