Labour conference | No greenery in the political ecosystem | Andrew Simms

Any vision of a genuinely better world gets trampled beneath the suited herd and their passion for technocratic tinkering

Fears of species extinction at the Labour party conference have been uncommonly domestic in Brighton. Concern for the future of the nocturnal Aye-Aye, the exotic White Rhino or the fate of the climate, have all come a distant second to the survival of the party itself.

Ed Miliband, at least, has tried to combine the two. Roving the corridors of the conference secure zone...