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Scottish Labour leaders must have felt a mixture of satisfaction and relief that Manchester remains home turf as their red battle bus the #indyrefexpress pulled up at party conference on Sunday.
Jim Murphy had become accustomed to being mobbed during his Irn Bru box tour.
But this time he and Johann Lamont were greeted by a gang of loyal party supporters rather than egg-wielding Glaswegians.
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
White racist rioting has many an infamous precedent in Britain, writes DAVID HORSLEY
When Patterson and Liston met in the ring in 1962, it was more than a title bout — it was a collision of two black archetypes shaped by white America’s fears and fantasies, writes JOHN WIGHT