Clegg borrows Obama line to promise 'real change'
Nick Clegg has clearly been studying his Barack Obama.
His closing speech was peppered with references to "real change" from the Liberal Democrats, and "fake change" from Cameron's Conservatives.
, with himself as the real deal and John McCain as the "fake".
It was also a speech which majored more on optimism than his of earlier in the week.
And all with an aqua-blue rather than a yellow background.
We'll have to see in the next few months whether the public buys his claims to be the real alternative to Labour - and whether it can deliver seats like Durham City, and Newcastle's North and East as well as saving seats in the South.
He may have restored his standing within the party at least after an uneven week.
Incidentally, his warm-up man was Westmorland and Lonsdale's Tim Farron, who seems to have turned into a bit of a Conference darling here.
Anyway that's that from Bournemouth.
The highs:
Seeing .
My near the hotel. No Ginsters, but a lifesaver. Although I didn't bump into Charles Kennedy in there as I had done in a previous year.
The Corby Trouser Press - I haven't done a Partridge there, it's in mint condition.
The lows:
One of my favourite Bournemouth cafes has become a Vodka Bar - cue moan about the inexorable decline of society.
The stultifying heat of my hotel room.
I did manage a fair bit of work in-between all that mind, before you complain.
I've been tweeting too, you can . And co-incidentally we're talking about MPs and social media this weekend on the .
It includes an entertaining tale I gleaned here about Phil Willis, a mobile phone and a public toilet, and features the design of a Facebook page for Blyth MP Ronnie Campbell!
What more could you ask for?
Oh, yes - a look ahead to the . Onwards to Brighton!
I'm Richard Moss, the 91Èȱ¬'s Political Editor for the North East and Cumbria. Welcome to my irreverent - but hopefully insightful - northern take on reporting politics for Look North and the Politics Show.
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