"They are our sister party and we've had a long relationship with them and naturally hope that they will win otherwise we wouldn't be bothering to go over there this coming week. It is part of the reason we are over their next week, to shore up and improve relations." Mr Clifton-Brown said the Conservative delegation would be meeting Mr Romney's team at a "senior level", but that a meeting with Mr Romney himself had still to be arranged. Two members of the delegation have been invited to a lunch given by the candidate's wife, Ann Romney.