By Andrew Marr

It’s going to be another massive autumn in politics.

Lined up, we have the Donald Trump state visit to the UK, further desperate attempts to bring peace in Ukraine, the party conferences and beyond that, one of the most difficult Budgets in living memory. What’s genuinely tricky is to separate the set-piece diary moments from the bigger, less predictable themes.

Take the party conferences. Traditionally, they were at the absolute heart of autumn politics in Britain – hundreds of journalists, business people and party activists would pour into seaside towns to debate and argue about the greatest issues of the day. Votes were taken which could change the course of a national party or its leadership. There was genuine jeopardy and excitement.

Well, we know when and where they will be this year. Beginning with Reform, on Friday, September 5 in Birmingham, we have the Lib Dems (from September 20, Bournemouth), Labour (September 28, Liverpool), the Greens open (October 3, Bournemouth), the Conservatives (October 5, Manchester) and the SNP (October 11, Aberdeen).

And from Aberdeen........

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