Boris Johnson says Jeremy Corbyn didn't win the election - "Theresa May won."

He adds: "The whole country owes her a debt for her steadfastness in taking Britain forward as she will to a great Brexit deal."

He insists that "the whole cabinet is united" over "every syllable" of the PM's Florence speech.

Boris Johnson attacks those with negative views of Brexit - suggesting the Financial Times "manages to make Eeyore look positively exuberant" - before turning his fire on Jeremy Corbyn.

"The most pessimistic of them all is not the media or our friends in the EU commission or the excitable Mr Guy Verhofstadt - far from it - it’s Jeremy Corbyn.

"That Nato-bashing, Trident-scrapping, would-be abolisher of the British army whose first instinct in the event of almost any international outrage or disaster is to upend the analysis until he can find a way of blaming British foreign policy."

The foreign secretary says the Labour leader's response to "the grisly events in Venezuela is to side with the regime, simply because they are fellow lefties..."

Then the punchline arrives: "I say he’s Caracas!"

As has become customary this week, the secretary of state pays tribute to his ministerial team, though in slightly more florid terms than some.

"Like the pharaohs of upper and lower Egypt they are double-hatted ministers in the sense that they simultaneously represent the FCO and DfID – bringing together our foreign policy with our aid programmes," he says.

Among them, "dynamically triangulating between Europe and America, decoding President Trump for President Juncker and vice versa" is "that Mount Rushmore of wisdom, Sir Alan Duncan".

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is speaking to a packed hall.

He begins by saying: "As our hearts go out to Las Vegas today we are reminded once again of the attack that took place here only a few months ago, on innocent and music-loving young people. And if there is a message to our American friends it is this: that they will come through it and they will come back from it stronger.

"Because this city has shown that nothing and no one can bow the indomitable spirit of the people of Manchester, which in recent years has reinvented itself as the great thrumming engine of the northern powerhouse."

Sir Michael Fallon states that North Korea's illegal testing of nuclear weapons underlines how "irresponsible" it would be to scrap the UK's nuclear deterrent.

"It is all very well Jeremy Corbyn saying he would never use nuclear weapons but Manchester and London are closer to Pyongyang than Los Angeles.

"Being prepared, in the most extreme circumstances, to use nuclear weapons is what separates a Prime Minister from a pacifist."

The Defence Secretary turns, quite early in his speech, to an attack on Jeremy Corbyn: "We must never put the security of our country in the hands of a man whose warped worldview puts him side of those who threaten us."

He says the UK has the fifth biggest defence budget in the world and the Conservative manifesto committed to increasing the budget by "at least half a percent above inflation in every year of this parliament".

He continues: "Of course you’ll always find retired Admirals or Generals who like more. What matters isn’t just numbers: it’s power: stronger, smarter defence."

And he throws in a joke which appears to be aimed at Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his famous Brexit figure: "We’re now investing £18 billion a year – by the way that really is £350m a week."

The Spectator's political editor notes a second reference...

The Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon takes to the stage, recalling that at conference three years ago he announced the "first successful RAF airstrike" against Daesh in Iraq.

He says that as of last night, there have been 1600 airstrikes.

"Daesh is being defeated. The black flags have been torn down. Three million people have been freed from its murderous rule."

He says everyone should be "very proud" of the British armed forces and he says that a new medal will be awarded to servicemen and women who are "doing so much to fight the evil of our time".

DUP Leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill clash over Northern Ireland's identity.

Priti Patel concludes her speech with an attack on Labour, saying that the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn failed to condemn North Korea for abusing human rights and flouting international rules by launching missiles.

She states: "As he stood in Brighton, of all places, he once again failed to apologise for standing side-by-side with the IRA terrorists who brutally murdered and maimed. Disgraceful."

She says the Conservatives' approach is different from Labour’s because "our values are different from Labour’s".

"They believe that wealth is created by governments and bureaucracies. We believe that wealth is created by people and enterprise."

Boris Johnson sits in the conference hall listening to International Development Secretary Priti Patel's speech.

He gets his own turn on the stage in less than half an hour.

Priti Patel announces the conclusion of a review of her department's relationship with suppliers.

She wants to end the "appalling practice of fatcats profiteering from our aid budget".

She is aiming to help small British firms win contracts with her department and to "end the crony market where a handful of suppliers would win contract after contract".

She adds that she is not there to "endlessly hand out money" but to help countries stand on their own two feet.

Next to speak is the International Development Secretary Priti Patel, who declares that she is "taking back control" of spending and decision making.

She says: "My job is to make sure that aid delivers value for money. I have removed programmes that do not stand up to scrutiny."

She reveals that she has been "ruthless" in closing programmes that she doesn't regard as up to standard.

To applause from delegates, she states: "If they don't deliver, we won't pay."

Responding to David Davis's speech, the CBI's Josh Hardie says: "The prime minister's Florence speech changed the tone and substance of the negotiations.

"It is reassuring that this tone has carried through to conference and the commitment to transitional arrangements has been reinforced.

"But the need to agree transition and move to discussions on the final deal is critical.

"There is no time to waste: the impact on investment and jobs across the UK and Europe grows day by day.

"Both sides must show leadership and determination to make sufficient progress on the issues of citizens' rights, the exit bill and Northern Ireland to move the process on."

Presumably the Brexit secretary was thinking back to a stumble from his colleague at the weekend on the stage?

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Standing in Downing Street when becoming prime minister last year, Theresa May pledged to tackle the "burning injustices" arising from people's race and background, and the Race Disparity Audit will be published next week.

But Munira Mirza, a former education and culture advisor to Boris Johnson when he was London Mayor, told Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn: "Reports like this tend to give an overly-negative picture of how ethnic groups are doing in Britain today."

Justice Secretary David Lidington said: "I can't be happy with a situation where you have a very large number of young British black and British Asian people saying they can't have confidence in the criminal justice system."

Conservative MEP Syed Kamall speaks now - and suggests Jeremy Corbyn is a communist.

Mr Kamall says he's "slightly bemused by the anti-globalisation rhetoric" of the Labour leader's supporters.

Mr Corbyn's beliefs are "truly global" - "written by a German philosopher, developed by Chinese and Russian revolutionaries", the MEP says.

He sees Brexit "as the moment to seize" for the UK to become "the global leader" and attract "the best talent" from around the world.