Conservative party conference 2010, day one

David Cameron is interviewed on the Andrew Marr Show at BBC studios in Birmingham Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

George Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer, signs autographs Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Campaigners against the proposed public spending cuts gather near the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, where the Conservatives are holding their party conference Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A spoof diner named after Ed Miliband, the newly elected Labour party leader, displays jam sandwiches and beer for sale at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Portraits of former Tory prime ministers on sale at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A Marks & Spencer shop is open for business at the Conservative party conference at the ICC in Birmingham Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A young girl writes on a poster depicting David Cameron, as Right to Work campaigners and union members gather near the ICC in Birmingham Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Prime minister David Cameron arrives at Birmingham's ICC for his party's conference Photograph: David Jones/PA

Students join the protest march in Birmingham city centre against planned spending cuts Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Greetings cards depicting members of past governments – Tory as well as Labour – go on sale at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Right to Work campaigners and union members gather near the ICC in Birmingham to protest against planning public spending cuts Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Prime minister David Cameron sits among the party faithful on the first day of the 2010 Conservative party conference in Birmingham Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images