The Conservatives have gathered for their conference in Manchester, accompanied by anti-austerity protesters, who kicked off the week with a 40-hour rave.
https://twitter.com/janinegibson/status/650810102983827456
Follow conference coverage from The Guardian here.
Follow conference coverage from the BBC here.
Meanwhile, the “best prime minister Britain never had,” former Labour chancellor Dennis Healey, died over the weekend, doubtless outliving several journalists who had written his obituary years previously.
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WORLD
The potentially significant Vatican Synod meeting to discuss the future of the family is under way.
Meanwhile there’s some significant walking back being done over the controversial Kim Davis meeting.
Could Donald Trump be laying the groundwork for pulling out of the Presidential race and finally revealing the whole thing as a massive trolling exercise?
Germany is celebrating 25 years since re-unification. That’s how I can never forget how old my oldest son is. I was born the year the Berlin Wall was built. He was born the year it came down. Read whatever generational symbolism you like into that.
It’s Nobel Prize season, so if it’s Tuesday it must be physics..
Finally, we all know what it takes to rouse the great British public.
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BUSINESS
The US and Pacific rim countries finalized a landmark trade deal after a weekend of negotiations in Atlanta.
Twitter named founder Jack Dorsey as CEO, and also reportedly pulled back on a San Francisco expansion plan.
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There’s still plenty of handwringing over England’s Rugby World Cup exit.
https://twitter.com/ianprior/status/650986990696067072
But the back pages have already moved on to their next compulsion – the intrigue over the proverbial Premier League managerial merry-go-round.
https://twitter.com/TSBible/status/651022733149609984
Meanwhile, time for the infamous vote of confidence over at the Bridge.
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