David Cameron's speech - by invitation only

The Conservatives have been using The Big Hall at the Birmingham Conference Centre. Last time they were here they couldn't afford to use it all week and saved it up for the Leader's speech.

But now the Conservatives are in government the number of people who wanted to hear the new PM's first speech meant that we all had to apply for tickets.

I was one of the lucky ones to hear the speech first hand. It's well worth while - mainly to see the reaction in the hall, something that TV doesn't faithfully convey.

The audience went strangely quiet during the Big Society section. I thought it looked good on paper, but it certainly failed to stir this crowd.

Let's see whether they can explain it better out in the real world.

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