Delegates listen to speeches in the Main Hall of Manchester Central on the third day, and penultimate day, of the Conservative Party Conference on October 1, 2013 in Manchester, England. On the same day that America’s Republicans shut down the entire government to deny millions of uninsured people access to basic healthcare insurance, David Cameron unveiled a new Government pilot scheme for General Practitioner surgeries to open from 8am until 8pm seven days, backed by 50 million GBP of funding. By Oli Scarff/Getty Images. Update from a reader:
Why is Mitch McConnell in Manchester when he’s supposed to be solving our shutdown crisis?
The Dish 