Will Labour open up?
Colin Foster previews the Labour Party conference, which will start on Saturday 25 September with an announcement of the winner in the leadership election. All the Labour leadership candidates - even David Miliband, who is obviously the "Blairite continuity" candidate - have promised a more open Labour Party, campaigning against the Tory cuts. But will any of them deliver? Or, more to the point, will unions and local Labour Party activists be able and willing to push them into delivering? Labour Party democracy campaigners fear that the desire to smooth things for a new leader will push the...