The gathering was chaired by the mild-mannered Archy Kirkwood, now in the House of Lords.
The gathering was chaired by the national editor, Richard Berke, and the political editor, Richard Stevenson.
He began clearing the beach of toys and beach gear, gathering a dozen chairs at a time and carrying them off, noting that his personal record was, well, nearly 20 chairs.
Speaking at the Sunday gathering, HDP co-chair, Selahattin Demirtas expressed his sorrow at the loss of life and offered his condolences to the victims.
"How does agreeing to give a public address to a gathering assembled by the chairs of two lawyer branches indicate support which enables an inference that one of the offending characteristics exist?
Our gathering included Professor David Haslam, chair of the child obesity forum, and Professor Terence Stephenson, chair of the Royal College of Paediatrics.
On Wednesday night, he will chair a gathering of dozens of religious leaders at the mosque, who will scrutinise claims of moon sightings from the public.
As one of three commissioners co-chairing the gathering in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, should be playing a leadership role in making the case for a strengthened focus on equity.
Conservative criticism of Labour's handling of the NHS in Wales is "legitimate scrutiny", its Welsh leader has claimed after chairing a gathering of health officials in Cardiff.
BBC presenter Sarah Montague, chairing the cheery gathering, wondered aloud why no one had picked party leader Charles Kennedy.
