A week at the conference
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Pledge not to go Euro-federalist
Quotes of the week
"Beat Labour one more time, and you've beaten socialism out of this country for good." John Major
"It's difficult to set rational argument against the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth." Mr Major on the pressure to be a good European
"We are the stormtroopers of the new orthodoxy." Nick Budgen MP on the success of the Euro-sceptic right
"Politics is about serving your country's electorate and not puerile posturing." Lord Plumb, leader of the Conservative MEPs hits back at Euro-sceptics
"Some of you think I talk about Prudence so much that my wife should start getting worried.." Kenneth Clarke
Good week... ...bad week Devil of the week
John Major
who persuaded at least some Conservatives that they could win the next election
Michael Portillo
who provoked the ire of ambassadors and even Tory right-wingers by going over the top in his attack on Brussels
Alan Howarth
explanation unnecessary
Rapturemeter
1 John Major
6min
20sec
2 Michael Howard
4min
3sec
3 Michael Heseltine
3min
43sec
4 Gillian Shephard
3min
8sec
5 Michael Portillo
2min
45sec
Baroness Thatcher
1min
32sec
Michael Dobbs' man of the week
(the performance which took the eye of the former Tory vice-chairman and House of Cards author)
Brian Mawhinney, party chairman, for organising in weeks the most
effective conference for years
The parties of the week
Battle of the peers Lord Hesketh and Archer. Both in the Imperial, Hesketh's was more fun, Archer's was more glamorous, including all the Tory grandees
Compiled by Stephen Goodwin
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