Newspaper headlines: Press looks ahead to Labour conference

With Labour's party conference about to start, the papers are full of stories about the event - and there is plenty of analysis.

The Observer has an interview with Jeremy Corbyn, external ahead of his conference debut as leader.

He tells the paper that he could see himself as prime minister after the next election, and despite opponents from within the party urging his overthrow, he is going nowhere unless he is ousted formally in a full leadership election.

"There is a democratic process in the party and that can be operated at any time. But am I going to resign? No. Of course not," he says.

He adds that he will continue to argue that Labour should oppose the renewal of the Trident nuclear programme, despite the divisiveness of the issue within Labour.

"I think we can come together on Trident in the end, but let's cross that hurdle when we reach it," he tells the Observer.

The Mail on Sunday's coverage focuses on Mr Corbyn's detractors: Lord Mandelson - who says the electorate are being "conned" by a "quasi-Marxist", external; MP Simon Danczuk - who accuses the Labour leader of "indulging the unelectable politics of protest"; and former Labour MP Tom Harris - who says if Corbyn isn't sacked as soon as possible, Labour may as well have a "Do Not Resuscitate" sign above it.

The Sunday Times lead features shadow culture secretary Michael Dugher warning that Labour moderates will face metaphorical "punishment beatings" if hard-left activists push through plans to make sitting MPs re-apply for selection.

Mr Dugher, who the paper says is regarded as close to former PM Gordon Brown, says: "If you get into things like mandatory reselection then you are heading down the Wacky Races road.

"We've played this game before, and it doesn't end well.", external

The Sunday Telegraph focuses on what it says is the previously voiced support from some of "Mr Corbyn's inner circle" for civil unrest.

The paper says shadow chancellor John McDonnell had called three times between 2010 and 2012 for an "insurrection" to "bring down the government"., external

The Sunday Mirror says there are differences of opinion within the shadow cabinet about the refugee question.

Mr Corbyn says Britain should accept a "reasonable figure set by the European Union" for Syrian refugees, as the 4,000 a year agreed to by David Cameron is "far too low".

The paper adds that the 66-year-old was "almost mobbed" by well-wishers after arriving at Brighton ahead of the conference, agreeing to pose for a series of selfies with the public.

However he tells the paper that he is nervous of having to use an autocue for his speech for the first time.

The Sun notes that four previous Labour leaders - Lord Kinnock; Tony Blair; Gordon Brown; and Ed Miliband - will all be absent from the conference.

The paper says the "embarrassing snub" indicates "the new man is not supported by his predecessors".

The Sunday Express says Labour is to put home ownership at the centre of its plans during the conference.

It explains that Labour shadow housing minister John Healey is worried that the number of young people who own homes has dropped by 50% since 2010.

The paper adds that plans to boost home ownership include scrapping stamp duty and replacing it with a "fairer land tax".

The Sunday People says it is the so-called bedroom tax that is in the sights of Labour, and the new shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith has vowed to make his Tory counterpart Iain Duncan Smith's life "not worth living".

The Independent on Sunday talks to economist Richard Murphy, who it says is the founder of Labour's new "Corbynomics" financial plan.

He tells the paper that George Osborne will "steal", external Mr Corbyn's plans for "people's quantitative easing" in the next few years, but he chides Labour for not having a full developed taxation policy yet.

Those are the stories, but what do the pundits think?

Former deputy leader Lord Prescott writes in the Sunday Mirror that Labour party conferences have always been about a "struggle between the left and right of the party", but one that has been conducted with mutual respect.

"I just hope journalists and Bitterites acknowledge that a debate has started in the party and let us get on with it.

"It won't be a 'fight', a 'civil war' or 'a damaging split'. It'll be a grown-up discussion on how we get back to putting our traditional values in a modern setting. And start winning back public support.", external

Corbyn fan and novelist Ronan Bennett - writing in the Observer - tells the Labour right to handle better the fact that their candidates have lost.

"I hope that Corbyn's election finally signals a desire in this country to turn our backs on the sharp-suited politics of swagger, greed, pomposity, deceit and thraldom to money, power and privilege," he writes.

Bennett adds that party members "will not forgive" MPs tempted to plot against the Labour leader.

The paper's chief political commentator Andrew Rawnsley predicts that the "plotting" may be more muted than certain sections of the press would wish.

"The heavier the onslaught from the Tories and their media allies, the more defiantly supportive the delegates are likely to be," he says.

He quotes an anonymous shadow cabinet minister who told him: "The membership voted for change. Anyone who doesn't understand that will find themselves on the wrong side of the conference.", external

Sunday Times columnist Adam Boulton says Labour is settling in "for the long haul", external under Mr Corbyn.

"If the Westminster MPs sacked Corbyn, he'd probably be re-elected by the mass membership," he points out.

And so to sport, and Wales's shock defeat of England in the Rugby World Cup is probably something that most English fans would want to forget.

For a full review of what was a thrilling game of rugby, read BBC Sport's coverage, but the national papers have plenty of colour and commentary around the match.

The Sunday Express is among the many papers that publish a telling picture of Britain's second and third in line to the throne at sporting loggerheads.

An ecstatic Wales-supporting Prince William is given a withering look by England-supporting Prince Harry.

The paper says the Duchess of Cambridge was also present, but it is "not known who she was supporting"., external

The victorious Welsh did have another famous face cheering them on, the paper adds: actor David Hasselhoff , whose girlfriend comes from Cardiff, was at the game.

The Mail on Sunday says the clash - one of the most famous grudge matches in rugby - pulled in an estimated 10m TV audience, and the Twickenham crowd spent £10m on food, drink and memorabilia, external.

The paper talks to Camilla Kerslake, high-profile girlfriend of England captain Chris Robshaw.

Ms Kerslake tells the paper that unlike some "WAGs" she always takes the train to games, soaking up the atmosphere and talking to fans.

"There's always one guy who starts chatting to me who clearly doesn't know who I am or that I am Chris Robshaw's girlfriend.

"His friends always watch and let him do it because they think it's funny," she adds.

The Sunday Times despatches Camilla Long to Twickenham to sample another Anglo-Welsh battle - for the best costumes., external

Amid men dressed as crusaders, "non-scary dragons", and even (bizarrely) badgers and toads, Long meets lots of female rugby fans, one of whom tells the journalist the sport is "women's porn".

The Sunday Telegraph's Jim White calls the occasion the "greatest clash of rugby rivals", external but one in which "the handshake, the shared joke and the group selfie was far more evident than any hint of antagonism."

One Welsh fan tells him: "(If) you want hatred, no point coming to an England-Wales rugby match... you'd be better off going to watch Swansea play Cardiff at football."

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