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Just in case anyone hasn't seen it yet - the UKIP Annual Party Conference 2006 update (published on 4.9.2006):

Programme for UKIP Conference - 7th/8th October

The Conference Committee will meet on site at Telford next Friday (8th September) to put together a final draft of the programme for the Party’s national conference, to be held at the Telford International Conference Centre on 7th and 8th October. The programme will be subject to the approval of the NEC meeting on 18th September.

The NEC’s October meeting will be held on the afternoon of 6th October. That evening, the eve of the conference, will see the final of the Alan Bown 'Opportunity Knocks' public speaking competition. Entry to this is free to Party members who have already arrived at Telford. This will be held in the Reynolds Suite of the adjacent Holiday Inn.

While members attending the conference take their seats on the Saturday morning they will be entertained by the Jackfield Elcock Reisen Band, well-known in Shropshire, and whose cost has been met by a number of donors. The band will also be playing in the foyer during Saturday lunchtime. Members will be welcomed to the Telford area by the Deputy Mayor of Telford.

Speakers who have already accepted invitations to speak at the conference include the anti-EU author Vernon Coleman, and the Hon. Chairman of the Freedom Association, former Conservative MP Christopher Gill (now a UKIP member). The guest speaker at the gala dinner on the Saturday evening will be Robin Page.

* UKIP Annual Conference 2006 details are to be found on page 10 of 'Independence News' (Issue 66, August 2006) - where a booking form has been included. The Conference venue is the International Conference Centre at Telford in Shropshire and the Conference will take place from 10 am to 5 pm on 7.10.2006 and on 8.10.2006 from 10 am to 5 pm. The Gala Dinner will be on Saturday, 7.10.2006 from 7 pm to 11 pm.