That it suits both former purple donors and ultra-committed Remainers to claim otherwise doesn’t make it true.
We gather the turnout – particularly among young Tories – is set to rise, and there will be more opportunities for members to speak from the stage.
The Party has a Code of Conduct – but how it works in practice becomes less and less clear by the minute.
It might even make things worse to spend Party funds to simply repeat the same messages, so long after the summit.
Also: candidate applications are set to open in Peterborough, in preparation for a possible forthcoming by-election.
We must ensure that, just as the UK voted Leave to take back control, local people take back control themselves.
Both gave Downing Street the opportunity to assuage their concerns about Chequers, but still found the policy unacceptable.
There are early signs of a common profile of the seats chosen as targets.
Look at how the Scottish Conservatives gained from the 2010 Sanderson Review. Now is the perfect time to do the same in Wales.