What's going on?

A less appreciated aspect of being in opposition for just over a year is that you don't have to actually deliver on anything for a while. Of course, things are arguably less straightforward when the government is a coalition.

Nonetheless, the murmurings in Liverpool are that shadow chancellor Ed Balls could have afforded to be a lot less constructive (and contrite) from the platform. Labour conferences, when all said and done, are primarily about tory-bashing, saying nice supportive things about trade union affiliations and only then espousing an alternative policy on something or other.

Suggesting a course change in government economic strategy and then offering to support it is ... well ... it's not right. Is it?