The excitement of the Conservative Party Conference was too much handle for some guests (Picture: PA/Getty)

Some Conservative Party members couldn’t contain their excitement today as they napped during conference speeches in Manchester.

Even the hottest topics, such as the Brexit withdrawal agreement and the prorogation of Parliament, couldn’t quite keep the thrilled visitors awake.

One photo showed a man sprawled out on his chair and leaning back dramatically with his eyes shut.

It’s possible he was dreaming it was now 2029 and the UK had finally managed to negotiate its way out of the European Union.


Speakers at the conference today included Michael Gove, foreign secretary Dominic Raab and health secretary Matt Hancock, all of whom gave their take on issues surrounding Brexit.

To be fair the Brexit process has been tiring for everyone in the UK (Picture: PA)

Discussing all 599 pages of the Brexit withdrawal agreement will take its toll (Picture: PA)

The relief when it turned out the image of Jeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon on the steps of Number 10 as PM and deputy PM was just a very, very bad dream (Picture: PA)

While Rees-Mogg used his address to accuse Commons Speaker John Bercow of ‘flying too close to the sun’. He said: ‘As a parliamentarian, I have been in many ways and remain a great admirer of the Speaker. He has helped MPs hold the Government to account and to seek redress of grievance. ‘But in my view, he has now flown too close to the sun and I hope that as he comes to his retirement he will not allow the good he has done in his earlier years to be forgotten. ‘But his recent mistakes have to my deepest regret as Leader of the House of Commons damaged the standing of the House in the eyes of the British public to the lowest point in modern history.’ It is unclear whether audience members fell asleep during his speech.

The demonstration against the Conservative Party in Manchester (Picture: Reuters)

Protesters held signs such as ‘Tories out’ during the demonstration in Manchester (Picture: Reuters)

Today hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Manchester in protest against the conference as it got under way.



A giant Boris Johnson blimp was inflated ahead of a ‘Reject Brexit’ event on Sunday afternoon.

The six-metre tall inflatable depicted the Prime Minister dressed in blue shorts with red hearts and the word ‘Nigel’ on, and a T-shirt showing a £350 million bus.

Marchers banged drums, blew whistles and chanted ‘Tories out’ and ‘Boris Johnson, shame on you’ as they headed through the city before pausing near Manchester Central, where the conference is being held.

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