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"Virtual Conservative Party Conference"??

(6 Posts)
phoenix Mon 05-Oct-20 15:13:29

Hello all, good wishes to you.

Just heard this on BBC Radio 4 News.

Can one actually be a "Virtual Conservative" ? It conjures up images of shadowy, ethereal figures.(Perhaps wraiths might be a better description)

Surely it should have been "Conservative Party Virtual Conference"?

Happy to sit corrected if I'm wrong! ?

Lucca Mon 05-Oct-20 15:18:10

Maybe it is for those who are heading towards being a Tory ?

EllanVannin Mon 05-Oct-20 15:55:08

Closet Conservatives ? What happened to transparency ?

Also,what happened to " Tell the truth and shame the Devil ?"

Whitewavemark2 Mon 05-Oct-20 16:43:56

Just as an aside with the latest test and trace debacle I love the latest from Rosen

“Dido is in deep doodoo”

grandtanteJE65 Thu 08-Oct-20 11:59:15

Yes, to me too, it should have been Conservative Party Virtual Conference. It seems clumsy though.

Virtual Conservative Party sounds like a party that isn't quite Conservative, but nearly so.

I wonder what that should be called?

Lucca Thu 08-Oct-20 13:01:37

virtual conference for the Conservative party ?