Ségolène Royal. Photo: Philippe Huguen
AFP/Getty ImagesHas New Labour missed an opportunity to inject a little much-needed glamour into proceedings here in Manchester?
Next week the Conservatives' shindig in Bournemouth will be graced with a fleeting appearance by the man most likely to be the next US president - Republican senator John McCain. Quite a coup for David Cameron.
Labour too has a slot for international fraternal speakers, which this year - as in 2003 - is ex-US president Bill Clinton.
No-one's doubting Mr Clinton has great pulling power (pun intended) but it appears something of a retread of former glories. Big Bill is very 1990s. And it raises unwelcome analogies with the "dropped baton" transition of Clinton to Al Gore.
Despite Britain's traditional Atlantacist gaze, has the party not missed a trick by failing to invite the extremely telegenic French socialist would-be presidential candidate Ségolène Royal?
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