Make no mistake, PM's speech was pre-election pitch
Boris Johnson's first conference speech as prime minister - at this crucial juncture for Brexit - is, strangely, not the most important political event of the day.
The non-stop jokes at times felt like an after-dinner speech, but the activists lapped it up. It's been a while since they felt a sense of optimism.Mr Corbyn, he said, would blight Britain with his"damaging and retrograde ideas" and brings with him a following of"fratricidal antisemitic Marxists". There was no new policy - perhaps a missed opportunity. Just optimism about more money being put into the NHS, into education, the prospect of solving social care.
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