After a hasty last-minute rewrite the prime minister delivered his keynote speech to the Conservative party conference. David Cameron spoke for just under an hour and told the country that things were tough, but they'd get better.
Watching in the arena was Michael White who spoke to delegates as they filed out, cheerfully heading back to their constituencies. He heard from the justice secretary Ken Clarke who compared the performance favourably with Bill Clinton and (whisper it round here) Tony Blair.
It was a week in which some had feared a clash over Europe, but that never materialised. However, a row briefly flared up over the Human Rights Act, a failed deportation and a cat. Rich pickings for Simon Hoggart, the Guardian's sketchwriter.
And after four days in Manchester, Andrew Sparrow runs through the key points he'll be taking away with him.
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