Alastair Campbell: The risk at Labour conference is that you have a conversation with the party, not the country

Sunday: Burnley having undeservedly lost to Arsenal, I wasn’t in the mood for football, but Jimmy Greaves’ death meant watching old footage of the maestro at work. My son Rory, who works in football analytics, texted me: “I knew he was good — I had no idea he was that good.” He really was, his success all the more remarkable when you saw how awful the pitches were, how much harder defenders kicked opponents, and when you consider that Greavesie was descending into alcoholism. His success in beating that horrible illness merely adds to the admiration, and the sense of loss.

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