Rather more astonishing is the breadth of reform being demanded as a solution to the problems in the world economy, in this joint callfor "political courage".
"Let it ring out from our conference today: the Conservative Party is ready, it is hungry for victory and if Gordon Brown ever summons up the courage to call an election we are going to beat him, " said Mr Hague.
But for the second time today, someone has congratulated me on having the courage to call the Czech Republic too small and incompetent to take a turn at the European Union presidency.