Don’t call it a Bring Back Boris conference. They don’t like it when you call it a Bring Back Boris Conference.
A few hundred of us are gathered here on the Bournemouth seafront to talk about increasing the power members have in the Conservative Party. This is the launch event for the Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO). Take Back Control is its name. It is about democracy in the Conservative Party. Nothing to see here, guv.
As I am tucking into a limp BLT sandwich in the Bournemouth International Centre, I bump into Nadine Dorries, Boris Johnson’s foremost cheerleader in parliament. She is wearing a floor-length pink ballgown, having accidentally picked up a travel bag intended for last week’s coronation. “Apparently we’re not allowed to call
