I’ve just come back from nearly a week at the Liberal Democrat’s Party Conference in Bournemouth. This was Nick Clegg’s first major Autumn Conference as Leader, and delegates gave him a brilliant response. Here’s his main speech to conference:

Some important decisions were made by Conference, not least important vision and values paper “Make it Happen”. Other important policy decisions include our new Transport Policy and a response to the current mortgate and financial crisis. You can read more about the Conference proceedings here.

Outside of being a Councillor, my paid job is for the Party, so conference is a busy working period. This included meetings, running training sessions and organising fringe debates on issues such as Renewable Energy, Comunity Transport and fair votes for local government. Here I am adressing the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors.