Just a word to wish all of you reading this an enjoyable conference, as this will be the first I'll have missed for quite a while.
I imagine with all the firebrand oratory, battlebuses, armed sentries, oriental eateries, bustling stalls, reconstruction outings, snap-happy journalists and sniping from the shrubbery, I'll not be missing much in terms of scenary here in Afghanistan.
Then again, given all the beards and sandals, perhaps the Lib Dem conference would have been more of a home from home.
