Applause! Applause!

I think we’ve amply demonstrated that I don’t understand the Labour Party.  I do, however, entirely agree with Hopi Sen here that Ed Miliband will receive a rousing reception from the Party, keen to show how unified they are in support of their new leader.  How much should we read into this?  Well, IDS got 20 standing ovations for his conference speech in 2003, and he was toppled three weeks later.