The party conferences are over, the plywood sets dismantled, the debris of a thousand drinks parties cleared. But have the past three weeks of intense political activity, scheming and schmoozing changed the electoral landscape?
Gordon Brown, it was widely said, needed a “game-changing” conference in Brighton. But the opinion polls suggest that that did not happen: Labour remains stuck around the 30 per cent mark – where it was at the start of the political season.

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