
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk
* With only hours left in the leadership contest, Ed Miliband makes a last ditch pitch in the Mirror.
* Poll has Labour tied with Tories.
* MI6 “consulted David Miliband on interrogations” says the Guardian.
* Jonathan Freedland says Labour needs to remember who the real enemy is when they meet in Manchester.
* Vince Cable: “Not a Marxist”.
* Former ministers “face shadow cabinet upset” says the FT.
* Cuts will be “brutal”, TUC chief tells Lib Dem conference.
* And Toby Young thinks there are lessons for Labour from Sweden.


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