OK so for what it is worth, not much probably, here are some of the key things that the conference should be considering and actioning:
1. Stopping direct flights between UK and Yemen is ridiculous – unless there is a REAL reason for doing it.
Terror threats isnt a real reason. There are only 2 flights to London from Sanaa a week. If there is a real reason such as upgrading technology and security infrastructure, why not be honest about it? Why not say: “we are having to stop flights until …

So, Obama and Brown are going to save the world from Yemeni and Yemen influenced nasties. The media is loving being able to fill space and 24 hour news graphics with lots of scary details about how Yemen is now home to various head choppers and plane bombers. OK so i love it here and hate hearing anything bad about the place, but yes there are some people here who we, the west, have decided to not to like, namely islamists who dont like us and would like to see …