Hull council has had its troubles but when a benevolent Cherie Blair dropped past its stand she declared that she's a big fan of the borough.
Mrs Blair apparently wants to bring baby Leo to Hull's aquatic centre, The Deep, because "he likes anything fishy".
Fiscal certitude
Good to see the Treasury is as prudent with its fringe sessions as it is with the nation's purse strings. At a Q&A session, officials apologised for not providing the curly sandwiches usually used to tempt delegates.
"Sorry you've not been fed," said one, "it's the Treasury, we've got to be careful."
Flying high?
Home Office staff at a student Q&A were surprised when one eager youth demanded: "Now that David Blunkett's in that thing above the Thames, who's acting as home secretary?" Evidently Blunkett's appearance is so "street" that people confuse him with starvation artiste David Blaine. "There's been times when I'd liked to have been there," quipped Blunkett.
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Housing Today
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