<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/09/today-in-pol-21.html" target="_blank">Today in Politics: Brown bounces back</a>

The mood among Conservatives at their annual conference is fascinating. They arrived here in good spirits, with everyone contrasting the upbeat atmosphere with the gloom at last year's event, which saw them mount the fightback which stopped Gordon Brown calling a general election.