Seen at Conference

• Iain Duncan Smith surrounded by young ladies who seemed very pleased to see him.
• Toby Young, author of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, and one of a group of parents behind the West London Free School project, lurking at the back of a fringe meeting on autonomy in schools with his sunglasses on through the whole meeting!
• Menzies Campbell sitting in an inconspicuous corridor of the conference centre, just before the footbridge to the Hyatt Hotel - I would say he also was lurking, but he looks far too distinguished to lurk.
• Eric Pickles holding court with the media.
• Fraser Nelson, Editor of the Spectator, generally looking dishy.
• Tony Blair's autobiography in the conference bookshop, heavily discounted already.
• Jeremy Paxman looking (surprisingly) old - or perhaps just very worn out by all the conference-ing.