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Coffee House Shots

When conferences go wrong

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Daily News, Politics

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The Conservative party conference begins in Manchester this weekend. Where have conferences gone wrong for previous Tory party leaders, and what will Rishi Sunak want to get out of this one? 

James Heale speaks to Katy Balls and Craig Oliver, dormer director of communications in No. 10 under David Cameron.

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Hello and welcome to the Specials' Aster Edition of Coffee How Shots.

0:29.2

I'm James Ciel and I'm joined to Dave at Spectators Katie Balls

0:32.2

and Sir Craig Oliver, the former Downey Street Director of Communications

0:35.2

who now works at FGS Global.

0:37.1

And now Craig, we're talking about party conferences this weekend

0:39.7

Conservative Conference starts in Manchester.

0:41.7

Tell us how did your, I think, five conferences as number 10's

0:45.2

Director of Commons go?

0:46.8

Well, what happens is for a couple of months before the conference

0:49.9

there's a huge amount of meetings and planning goes on

0:53.2

and a grid of announcements

0:55.2

and making sure that you fill the vacuum as much as possible

0:58.8

that you've got as much information as many stories

1:02.2

and very announcements as possible.

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