Lots to read in the papers today. If you're in a rush, you could settle for:
Lord Mandelson's interview with the Sunday Times. This is the one where he said he would be willing to take a public service job under the Tories, but it's a well-written profile that has lots of other good stuff in it too.
Rachel Cooke's interview with Harriet Harman in the Observer. (Cooke wasn't impressed.)
And Peter Watt, the former Labour general secretary, in the Sunday Times on how he was encouraged to line up a safe seat for Harman's husband, the union boss Jack Dromey.
The Labour conference opens at 2pm. Douglas Alexander, the party's general election coordinator, and Ed Miliband, the manifesto coordinator, are both speaking in a party capacity (not as departmental cabinet ministers), Rhodri Morgan, the first minister in Wales, has got a slot, and Gordon Brown will be on at about 4.30pm.
On the fringe the two biggest events tonight may be the Progress rally, where Liam Byrne, Tessa Jowell, David Miliband, Ed Miliband and Jack Straw are speaking at 6pm, and the Compass rally, where Harriet Harman, Jon Cruddas, and Douglas Alexander are up at 7.30pm.
