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5.25: Farage’s speech interrupted by protesters.
Farage: “Oh no, we’ve got a screamer!”
5.00: Farage’s speech delayed due to “unforeseen circumstances”.
14.49: Guido has been chatting to delegates. Click here to watch…
13.33: Guido spotted a Byline Times crew posing as Patriot News. They’ve been removed from Conference…
12.03: Main stage proceedings finally underway. Nigel Farage on stage for tribute to Ann Widdecombe.
11.56: Zia Yusuf pulls out of his in-conversation event with Michael Gove.
11.49: “Security” issues over. Main stage tribute to Ann Widdecombe to start in less than ten minutes.
11.28: Jeremy Kyle saying the 30-minute delay to main proceedings is “It’s a security thing in terms of getting people in.”
11.25: Zia Yusuf has released an origin story video.
11.14am: Labour has hired an advert van to drive around outside the NEC saying: “You have 5 million questions to answer, Nigel. Tell us about the money.”
11.09am: Delay at main auditorium which was supposed to start with tributes to Ann Widdecombe at 11:05, huge queues causing chaos, police involved.
10.32am: There is a huge queue to enter the main area. Some Novara Media cameramen are stuck outside having been blocked in the great cull of a small number of journalists.
10.30am: Welcome to Guido’s live blog for Reform Conference. We’ll be updating this page throughout the day with all the latest news, gossip, and tittle-tattle on the ground at the NEC. Pictures and videos coming. Stay tuned…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”