10 Things Which Tell The Story Of Tory Conference Behind The Scenes

From Maggie bibs to Lynton threatening Dave to the rare Beluga whale, Tories are a funny bunch when they get together...

1. Thatcher is still everywhere you turn

2. They may have woken up to some of their failures...

3. …which is good given this:

Source: DWP press release, 1 November 2011; DWP Universal Credit statistics, 16 July 2014

4. The future may not be bright...

5. ...and they haven’t quite got an agreed position on Europe...

6. ...because someone else is pulling Dave’s strings

7. Looks like Lynton bought his own stand…watch out Dave

8. The Tories really aren’t the party of business

9. UKIP have used Tory conference to underline that they’re more Tory than the Tories

10. And Tories are still as rare as the Beluga Whale.

Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) Estimated population: in excess of 150,000 / Via en.wikipedia.org

The Tories announced that there are 149,800 Conservative party members, and there are only 150,000 of this endangered species in the world.

As a bonus, here are nice more species less endangered than Tories...