Jury's, Liverpool and UNISON Health

In Liverpool for UNISON health conference being held at the fantastic new conference centre. Great, helpful staff and lovely views over the Mersey. Outside the press room, there's a balcony that gives you the feel of the prow of a large ocean-going vessel. Delegates settling in now. On the agenda today: Address by UNISON health chair Lilian Macer, emergency motion on the sell-off of parts of the blood service and debates on protecting the NHS against privatisation and cuts. See that Cameron is talking about listening and explaining more. Perhaps he should listen more and spin less. Staying in Jury's Inn is a strange experience. Wardrobes with no doors and small enough to get a child's clothes in, liquid soap and shower gel screwed to the wall and a force nine gale blowing in the bathroom all night. I didn't sleep very tight.