Labour conference diary: Gossip and delicious secrets from day 3 in Liverpool

Every day, the Mirror Politics squad - and our service of consenting spies - brings you each the gossip, secrets and behind-closed-doors intrigue from the caller Government's gathering successful Liverpool

Labour's Conference isn't conscionable astir the large speeches successful the main hallway - oregon adjacent the smaller fringe events.

Away from the main concern of the conference, successful the late-night parties, drinks receptions and overpriced edifice bars is wherever the existent amusive unfolds.

Every day, the Mirror Politics squad - and our service of consenting spies - brings you each the gossip, secrets and behind-closed-doors intrigue from the caller Government's gathering successful Liverpool.

Health Secretary considers banning cupcakes

WHICH elder curate was highly upset that the representation of him connected cupcakes handed retired astatine the Sky News enactment made him look overmuch much miserable than furniture colleagues?

Wes Streeting. It was Wes Streeting. Scroll up, there's a picture.

All bets are off

WHICH elder Labour fig was truthful keen to support the enactment going aft Sky’s bash - a smaller, stuffier matter than tonight’s legendary Mirror enactment - that astatine astir 1.30am, helium grabbed your newsman by the elbow, looked heavy into his eyes and whispered: “Let’s spell to the casino”.

Your analogous politely declined.

GB Loos

Not satisfied with seldom calling connected them for questions astatine property conferences - Farage-fronted TV transmission GB News person been assigned an country of the Labour Conference property country close adjacent to the gents lavatory.

Gollum and Dobby agreed astatine last

MONDAY was a star-studded time - with Hollywood stars Andy Serkis and Toby Jones some being spotted perusing the stalls successful the Liverpool league centre.

Of course, Mr Jones is acquainted to astir arsenic playing Post Office ungraded fable Alan Bates connected TV.

But Jones and Serkis person thing successful communal - some person played small, bald pointy-eared creatures with comic voices.

Serkis changeable to fame voicing Gollum successful Lord of the Rings, portion Jones played Dobby successful the Harry Potter series.

A ray of sunshine

KEIR Starmer ’s bid to chopped done the doom and gloom with a small optimism hasn’t rather taken clasp yet.

Asked for their presumption connected however Labour league is going truthful far, 1 precise elder furniture curate simply replied: “Everything is f*****g s**t.”

Going wherever the enactment is

At slightest 2 lobbyists who antecedently worked successful elder positions successful No10 nether the Tories - and are present astatine antithetic firms - came to Labour conference…but aren’t going bothering with Tories adjacent week.

“What’s the point?” 1 said.

Conference highlights connected Wednesday

• 10am - Wes Streeting speech
• 10.45am - Bridget Philipson speech
• Time tbc - Vote connected Winter Fuel motion
• 11.45 - Ellie Reeves closes league - and everyone sings The Red Flag