Welcome to F.T. Politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne. In this episode we'll be

reviewing Labour's successful party conference in Liverpool and look forward to

the Conservatives annual gathering in Birmingham. I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor George

Parker, columnist Robert Shrimsley, Chief Political Correspondent Jim Picard and our

deputy opinion editor Miranda Green. Thank you all for joining and if you like this episode of FT politics don't

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morning. So Labour had its annual conference and it was a surprising success.

Instead of infighting over Brexit in anti-Semitism, there was still some of that,

it over managed to deliver an even more radical economic message as well as some successful

species from Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell.

For the first time they seemed to be a party that was ready to enter government and they've

put them on the Conservatives at least in the

battle of ideas.

Sir Jim Picard, I like me you've been to all of the Labour conferences since Jeremy Corbyn

became leader and the one over the past few days did seem to be

markedly different to the others there was less bickering within the party from

the moderates of the other Brexit was still there and you very much got the sense this is Jeremy

Corbyn's party he is now in control and they absolutely still love him.

Yeah exactly I mean what what has become more clear to the moderate or right wings or whatever you want to

call them is that if you control the leadership the power spreads out through the

party and they've gradually taken over the National Executive Committee, they've taken over the Shadow Cabinet,

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