Last night was a strange one, make no mistake. The Labour faithful were in high spirits after Gordon's speech which had something for both the left (abolishing hereditary peers) and the right (a ban on council houses for teen mums) of the party. But...

Ad types are out in force here at Brighton. I spotted SSF over-lord Robert Senior surrounded by a gaggle of giggling blondes making their way into the secure zone late last night but before that I also overheard someone from Saatchi & Saatchi having...

So am back again at the Labour conference, this time it's at sunny Brighton. I'll actually be going to the Tories as well next week (tectonic plates, shifts of power and all that) but haven't figured out how to change the name and description...

So advertising got a mention in Gordon Brown's speech to conference. For those of you who switched sides after the first five minutes, the Prime Minister said 'there are new pressures on parents - worrying about balancing work and family life...

Bumped into Culture Secretary Andy Burnham earlier this evening on his way to a dinner with ITV boss Michael Grade. Oh to be a fly on the wall around that table. Was product placement the elephant in the room? Anyway, he told me that his missus - Burnham's...

Welcome to my mini-blog from the Labour Party Conference.Over the next couple of days I'll hopefully provide some interesting snippets from sunny Manchester for brandrepublic readers into politics, marketing and communication. The internet is playing...