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| Boris Johnson gets the crowds for conference speech | |
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| Ex-foreign secretary Boris Johnson is delivering a wide-ranging speech at the Tory conference, urging the party not to "ape" Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. | |
| Having resigned from government in July, Mr Johnson's appearance is limited to one day at a fringe event. | Having resigned from government in July, Mr Johnson's appearance is limited to one day at a fringe event. |
| He will touch on housebuilding, law and order and tax cuts - areas for which he never had ministerial responsibility. | He will touch on housebuilding, law and order and tax cuts - areas for which he never had ministerial responsibility. |
| More than an hour before his speech, there were large queues to get into the hall he was speaking at in Birmingham. | |
| Party chairman Brandon Lewis brushed off claims Mr Johnson's alternative agenda sought to undermine Theresa May. | Party chairman Brandon Lewis brushed off claims Mr Johnson's alternative agenda sought to undermine Theresa May. |
| "It's always dangerous getting into hypotheticals about what people may or may not say in the future, even if it's just later on today," he said. | "It's always dangerous getting into hypotheticals about what people may or may not say in the future, even if it's just later on today," he said. |
| Mr Johnson has been a vocal critic of the prime minister's Brexit plan since leaving the Cabinet, calling it "a moral and intellectual humiliation" when setting out an alternative last week. | Mr Johnson has been a vocal critic of the prime minister's Brexit plan since leaving the Cabinet, calling it "a moral and intellectual humiliation" when setting out an alternative last week. |
| Ahead of his conference appearance, he was pictured out jogging, in what some interpreted as a "parody" of Mrs May's claim that the "naughtiest" thing she did as a child was to run through a field of wheat. | Ahead of his conference appearance, he was pictured out jogging, in what some interpreted as a "parody" of Mrs May's claim that the "naughtiest" thing she did as a child was to run through a field of wheat. |
| When asked before the fringe event how she had been getting on with Mr Johnson, the prime minister laughed and told BBC One's Breakfast: "Well, I'm sure that's going to be a very lively event." | When asked before the fringe event how she had been getting on with Mr Johnson, the prime minister laughed and told BBC One's Breakfast: "Well, I'm sure that's going to be a very lively event." |
| Questioned again later on BBC Radio 4's Today about how she felt that her former colleague appeared to be mocking her, she replied: "What I feel is that I, and this government, and this party, are getting on with the important job... of getting a good deal for the United Kingdom when we leave the European Union." | Questioned again later on BBC Radio 4's Today about how she felt that her former colleague appeared to be mocking her, she replied: "What I feel is that I, and this government, and this party, are getting on with the important job... of getting a good deal for the United Kingdom when we leave the European Union." |
| Mr Johnson will use his lunchtime speech to activists at a fringe event organised by the Conservative Home website to urge the party to take "basic conservative ideas and fit them to the problems of today". | Mr Johnson will use his lunchtime speech to activists at a fringe event organised by the Conservative Home website to urge the party to take "basic conservative ideas and fit them to the problems of today". |
| During the conference, some Labour MPs have accused the Conservatives of "copying" policies, such as a plan to ban employers, including restaurants, from making deductions from staff tips. | During the conference, some Labour MPs have accused the Conservatives of "copying" policies, such as a plan to ban employers, including restaurants, from making deductions from staff tips. |
| Mr Johnson will say: "We must on no account follow Corbyn, and start to treat capitalism as a kind of boo word." | Mr Johnson will say: "We must on no account follow Corbyn, and start to treat capitalism as a kind of boo word." |
| Referring to the Labour leader's conference speech last week, he will add: "It was astonishing that he (Corbyn) had absolutely nothing to say about the wealth creating sector of the economy - the people who get up at the crack of dawn to prepare their shops, the grafters and the grifters, the innovators, the entrepreneurs - he didn't mention any successes." | Referring to the Labour leader's conference speech last week, he will add: "It was astonishing that he (Corbyn) had absolutely nothing to say about the wealth creating sector of the economy - the people who get up at the crack of dawn to prepare their shops, the grafters and the grifters, the innovators, the entrepreneurs - he didn't mention any successes." |
| Mr Johnson's attitude towards business - he was reported to have used the f-word in response to their Brexit concerns - was criticised by Sir Digby Jones, former boss of lobby group the CBI, at the weekend. | Mr Johnson's attitude towards business - he was reported to have used the f-word in response to their Brexit concerns - was criticised by Sir Digby Jones, former boss of lobby group the CBI, at the weekend. |