September/October is that time of year when the great and the [not so] good troop off to their conference jamboree at either a tired seaside resort or a vibrant city centre. For those of us in the broad labour movement we have the joy of attending two conferences within three weeks, the TUC and the Labour Party. This year the two organisations have been kind enough to book the same venue (Manchester) so I don’t have to learn my way round twice.
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