The issue that dare not speak

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Day one of the Conservative party conference has been characterised by the name that dares not speak - th Lib Dems.

No one wants to mention them and certainly no one wants to try and compete with the childish outbursts we had at their party conference. In many respects the only debate we are hearing so far is does anyone want to continue the coalition after the next election. I have to say on this the party appears split, although I cynically wonder whether those promoting the coalition are doing so only because they feel a need to support the leadership and not destabilise the Government!

In most forum, and in the quiet of the late night bars, the Conservatives still wish to destroy the Lib Dems. Their duplicity in Government is the same duplicity that Conservative activist's have fought election by election. The debate though is what will happen.

One of the more unusual aspects of the conference has been the apology by David Cameron for his apparently sexist comments in Parliament. I am somewhat surprised by this as I am not really sure this was much of an issue but the party seemed to have deemed they want to discuss it. Whether that is because they feel a need to show the party needing to change further and modernise or some other belief that the public want this addresses, I really do not know. Whatever else it appears odd, even though it has certainly attracted the headlines.