chris mason, is in manchester. talk us through what has been said so far. ., ., . , ., so far. from the arches of the convention. so far. from the arches of the convention, this so far. from the arches of the convention, this was - so far. from the arches of the convention, this was a - so far. from the arches of the j convention, this was a railway station until the late 60s. this must be one of the biggest once they have done since the pandemic. fascinating strands of conversation here, here we have a governing party that has been in government for 11 years and conventional wisdom suggests after 11 years most parties are weary if not frankly clapped out and yet the conservatives have an opinion poll lead in most polls and remain pretty chipper but as vicky set out there that is this colossal set, this scenario problems that they are confronting, and the essence of the question in politics