Gerri Peev: Beware Tories bearing gifts

What a contrast to the wake that masqueraded as Labour conference. There is absolutely no sense of triumphalism at the Tory conference in Manchester (if you ignore the empty champagne bottles lined up outside hotel doors in the early hours of the morning). But there is definitely a whiff of cold hard cash. Lord Ashcroft of Belize (Daddy Warbucks) has been seen wafting through the convention centre. The smell of money is palpable. Journalists have just been given "goodie" bags. Amongst the "ethical" goodies is a memory stick with the words "thanks for the memories Gordon". Hmmm so much for now wanting to appear complacent. There is even a makeshift cafe in the press centre which the Tories have set up, branded the "General Wellbeing Cafe". If the Conservatives want to show they are in touch with British society they should immediately ditch this happiness agenda and let us be miserable.