The shadows dancing on the walls at Labour’s Brighton celebration | Andrew Rawnsley

A record number of delegates are on the south coast to cheer Jeremy Corbyn but party unity remains brittleNothing can seem so long ago as the very recent past. It is just two years since Jeremy Corbyn made his debut appearance as leader at his party’s conference. After a career spent on the margins, he was thrust centre stage. Where once his personal conference highlight would be addressing a fringe meeting of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign, he was enthroned in the leader’s seat and st