Jonathan Wallace

Alas, I won't be at the special conference today in Birmingham which has been called to give grassroots the opportunity to speak on and vote for or against the coalition arrangement. I had planned to go. Train times, a determination not to drive there, and the demands of business back home meant I took the decision last night not to attend.

I would dearly have loved to be there but I need to use my time back home to catch up on my work which was sadly neglected during the election campaign.