Reform’s party conference opens tomorrow at the NEC in Birmingham. As always, here’s Guido’s guide…
MAIN SPEECHES
Friday and Saturday are on the main stage. Thursday’s business day is all in the Sovereign.
- Thursday
- 11 a.m. Robert Jenrick on the economy.
- 12:30 p.m. Richard Tice keynote.
- 3 p.m. Jenrick again, this time with Allister Heath.
- Friday
- 11:05 a.m. Tribute to Ann Widdecombe.
- 11:30 a.m. Lee Anderson
- 12 p.m. Zia Yusuf
- 12:30 p.m. Jordan Bardella
- 3 p.m. Matt Goodwin
- 3:15 p.m. Sarah Pochin
- 3:30 p.m. Richard Tice
- 3:50 p.m. Nigel Farage.
- Saturday
- 12:20 p.m. Laila Cunningham
- 12:30 p.m. Robert Jenrick
- 12:50 p.m. Motions
- 3:30 p.m. Malcolm Offord
- 3:45 p.m. Suella Braverman
- 4 p.m. Nigel Farage. With the closing remarks…
WHERE TO GET DRINKS (THE BIT EVERYONE REALLY CARES ABOUT)
- WHERE TO GET DRINKS
- Thursday
- 5 p.m. Politico Speakeasy.
- 6:30 p.m. Reform’s official business day drinks. By Spectator Lounge.
- 7:30 p.m. Business day dinner. Main Hall.
- Friday
- 5 p.m. Gibraltar reception. Britannia Theatre.
- 5 p.m. GB News Celebrate Britain Party.
- 5:30 p.m. Liquid Gas UK reception. Cavendish.
- 6-8 p.m. The Spectator reception.
- 6-8 p.m. PopCon and the TaxPayers’ Alliance.
- 6-8:30 p.m. Guido Fawkes and the Centre for Government Reform Negroni Reception. The one really worth going to, if you have the invite…
- 6:30 p.m. Total Politics reception. Total Politics Roundtable.
- 6:30 p.m. Northern Night. Freedom.
- 7 p.m. Countryside Alliance’s Great Rural Meet. Liberty Theatre.
- 7:30 p.m. Cavendish reception. Invite only…
- 8:30 p.m. Daily Express pub quiz. Endeavour Theatre.
- 9 p.m. Friends of the Ocean’s Big Blue reception. Liberty Theatre.
- Saturday
- 10:30 a.m. NFU brunch. Endeavour Theatre.
- 1 p.m. Angling Trust and BASC rural reception. Liberty Theatre.
WHERE ARE THE WONKS
- Thursday
- 2 p.m. Prosperity Institute on Reform’s economic vision, with Jenrick. Freedom.
- 2 p.m. Adam Smith Institute and Cadent Gas on the price of power, with Tice. Liberty Theatre.
- 3 p.m. Pension Insurance Corporation on infrastructure, with Tice. Endeavour Theatre.
- Friday
- 10:30 a.m. Prosperity Institute grills Danny Kruger on fixing the state. Endeavour Theatre.
- 10:30 a.m. Ipsos on where Reform goes next. Union Theatre.
- 11 a.m. More in Common on where next for Reform. Insights Lounge.
- 11 a.m. PopCon‘s Mark Littlewood interviews David Starkey. Freedom.
- 12:30 p.m. Growth Commission on making Britain grow again. Endeavour Theatre.
- 12:30 p.m. Adam Smith Institute asks if we’re ready for war. Sovereign.
- 1 p.m. Centre for Policy Studies on housebuilding and migration. Freedom.
- 1 p.m. Institute for Government with Danny Kruger. Crown & Country.
- 1:30 p.m. Centre for Social Justice with Jenrick. Liberty Theatre.
- 2:30 p.m. Prosperity Institute on two-tier justice, with Pochin. Endeavour Theatre.
- 2:30 p.m. Re:State with Danny Kruger. Union Theatre.
- 3 p.m. TaxPayers’ Alliance on welfare. Liberty.
- 3 p.m. Centre for Policy Studies on welfare. Freedom.
- 3.30 p.m. Adam Smith Institute Reception for Liberty. Main Conference Area, Inconvenience Stand.
- 4:30 p.m. Prosperity Institute on borders, with Poppy Coburn. Endeavour Theatre.
- 5 p.m. Centre for Policy Studies asks if Britain is going bust. Freedom.
- 5 p.m. Demos hosts Sir John Curtice. Nelson Theatre.
- 7 p.m. Centre for Social Justice on youth jobs, with Braverman. Endeavour Theatre.
- Saturday
- 10:30 a.m. Centre for Policy Studies makes the case for capitalism. Sovereign.
- 10:30 a.m. Big Brother Watch on free speech, with Nadine Dorries. Union Theatre.
- 11 a.m. PopCon‘s Mark Littlewood interviews Danny Kruger. Freedom.
- 12:30 p.m. Policy Institute at King’s on what Reform voters really want. Endeavour Theatre.
- 2 p.m. More in Common on the populist right. Insights Lounge.
- 2:30 p.m. Centre for Government Reform on defeating the blob. Endeavour Theatre.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
- Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley record the Daily T with Tice at 1 p.m. on Thursday. Endeavour Theatre.
- Chopper chairs TikTok’s social media panel at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Liberty Theatre.
- The Daily T‘s “Women of Reform” with Dorries, Cunningham and Pochin at 1 p.m. on Friday. Roundtable 3.
- Tom Harwood asks why nothing works at 6 p.m. on Friday. Union Theatre.
Realistically, everyone will spend the late hours of Friday night at the sky bar…
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