By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk
* But Toby Young calls this a “desperate attempt to shore up his Labour leadership campaign”.
* The leadership race was always destined to be peripheral, says Steve Richards.
* Sunder Katwala’s first leadership profile – David Miliband.
* Nick Griffin will be attending a party at Buckingham Palace.
* And Kevin Maguire has spotted Gordon Brown, and James Purnell – not together though…
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