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Cooper has a reputation in government as being a proper expert in her brief, having studied every nook and cranny of the department as chair of the Home Affairs Committee and as shadow home secretary.

Of all the human beings going about their daily business, in all the nooks and crannies on Earth, no-one is better placed than surfers to tell us something isn't right.

“They have bused, flown, trained illegal immigrants to literally every nook and cranny and every tiny town in the whole of the United States.”

But in the nooks and crannies of this conference, there have been divisions - as there are in any party - and what to do about housing is one of the biggest.

Just when we thought the show was done, the room went dark, techno boomed through every nook and cranny and the lighting turned a wash of red.