Ed Miliband won the race for the Labour leadership, but lost his brother David from the shadow cabinet as a result.
Allegra Stratton in Manchester describes a week of joy, anguish and 'psychodrama' at the Labour party conference.
Standing by to discuss all this we have columnist Julian Glover, the Observer's Rafael Behr and Conservative MP for Grantham and Stamford Nick Boles.
Also this week, the three main parties are now led by men in their early 40s. A coincidence or something more?
And, as Tory MP Nick Boles advocates in his latest book Which Way's Up?, should the Conservatives consider an electoral pact with the Liberal Democrats in order to prolong the life of the coalition?
Leave your thoughts below.
Michael White's Conference Daily podcast returns from the Conservative party conference in Birmingham on Monday.
