As conference speeches go, Jim, it was a blinder. And I think he's gone a fair way towards uniting the party and sidelining those bitter ex-Blairites. He also did a fair amount to dispel that grey-man, grey-beard, allotmenteer, bike-rider image that the right-wing press and the more feeble-minded Mudcat denizens would have us embrace. A damn sight more targeted wit than Sir Vince managed and that I'm rock-solid certain Theresa will achieve. However, it's just a conference speech at the end of the day. He didn't have anyone heckling to ask where the dough was coming from. That's fine, but he has questions to answer on that score, no messing. As for Palestine, brilliant and fearless. As for antisemitism, he addressed the issue honestly, straightforwardly and without trepidation. You CAN go to town criticising the Israeli regime, You CAN go to town on the illegal settlements and the proclaiming of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jews and you CAN go to town on the mass slaughter of unarmed civilians on the Gaza border. And you CAN go to town on all those depredations without being branded antisemitic. And Jonathan bloody Sacks can go to hell, despite the kneejerk calls of even allegedly decent papers for Jezza to "apologise" to him.

Maybe one day I'll tell you what I really think...