The once governing party is no longer important enough for security checks – now it can focus on checking in new members“There isn’t even any security! declared one party conference veteran,gesturing beyond the patchily furnished exhibition corridor, where the stands of the organization of Liberal Democrat Councillors and the Liberal Democrat Christian Forum were attempting to coax delegates with their wares. “Where’s the ring of steel?”Where indeed. For the past 15 years, or as anyone who has been privileged or cursed enough to attend the annual powwow of one of the two main parties knows,the first challenge is to getting through the door past a gaggle of campaigners, then through the massed ranks of harried bag-checkers and armed policemen.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com