Kirstene Hair MP is one of 12 Conservatives to win seats in Scotland in the general election.

She lavishes praise on the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, saying that she brought them "back into the political mainstream" and tells conference: "We are not letting her go!"

Turning to Scottish independence, she earns rapturous applause when she states that being "passionately Scottish and passionately British" are "not mutually exclusive".

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Home Secretary Amber Rudd says Boris Johnson's comments on Libya were "ill-judged" but he was also making a serious point about helping the regeneration of the country.

Ben Bradley, elected as Conservative MP for Mansfield in June, addresses conference.

Mr Bradley took the seat after it had been in Labour's hands for almost a century.

"A lot of people were surprised to see Mansfield turn blue," he says - including the returning officer on election night.

He mistakenly announced a Labour victory before correcting himself with the words: "I'm so, so sorry, but Ben Bradley has won."

Mr Bradley says he was attracted to the Conservatives by David Cameron's "positive message about compassion and the Big Society" and now is on-message with Theresa May's slogan of "building a country that works for everyone".

He tells the party: "The starting point should always be: what is our positive vision? How do we make people's lives better?"

Here's the Conservatives' chief whip, Gavin Williamson. Not a high profile public role but very influential behind the scenes.

He reveals some of the dark arts of the whips office.

"I don't like to use a stick but it is amazing what can be achieved with a sharpened carrot."

The party whips, by convention, don't speak in the House of Commons but there's nothing to stop them speaking at a party conference.

Gavin Williamson, the Conservatives' chief whip in the Commons, is giving a speech. He speculates that delegates have heard that politicians are "driven by ego" and "not afraid to stab someone in the back, sometimes in the front, just to get what they want".

Continuing his theme he says he is astounded by the "level of people's ambition to get their hands on the ultimate prize" - being Prime Minister.

Yes, there's a joke coming. He isn't talking about any of his colleagues - of course.

"I am sure that you will agree with me we can never, ever, let Vince Cable into No 10."

Pamela Hall, vice president of the National Conservative Convention, opens the final session of conference.

She introduces the first speaker: party chairman Sir Patrick McLoughlin.

Mark Devenport
BBC News NI Political Editor

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I'm used to being mistaken for someone else.

One of the by-products of being an occasional face on people's TV screens is that sometimes, when you are at the supermarket, another shopper will assume you must be a neighbour or an old acquaintance.

However, the reception for the Northern Ireland Conservatives at the party conference in Manchester was the first and, I imagine, the last time when I have been mistaken for the prime minister.

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There's a problem with people being intimidated because of their political views, Theresa May has told Newsbeat.

Young people at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester say they've been mocked for supporting the Tories.

"There's a problem with our society if we've got to the point where people feel they're not able to identify as supporting a mainstream political party," says the prime minister.

"It's partly because of the nasty intimidation we saw at the election."

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Boris Johnson had a tour of the conference centre earlier, visiting exhibitors and even fishing for rubber ducks at one point.

However, he declined to answer reporters' questions about Libya.