The BBC News website rounds up the best stories from the fringes at this year's party conferences.
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, BLACKPOOL
The Liberal Democrats have to start being less "prissy" about policy, the party's European spokesman says.
The shooting dead of Jean Charles de Menezes amounted to a "state execution", according to a leading Liberal Democrat.
Parents should not be able to withdraw their children from sex education lessons, the Lib Dem health spokesman says.
Junk food advertising should be banned in an effort to tackle childhood obesity, the Lib Dem education spokesman says.
LABOUR, BRIGHTON
Labour should turn to George Bush's Republican party for inspiration about how to boost party membership, Europe Minister Douglas Alexander argues.
John Reid says it would be "nothing short of mad" for Labour to abandon the centre ground of British politics as Blairites attempt to secure the PM's legacy.
An ex Holocaust-denier joins forces with a survivor of the Holocaust in a plea to learn lessons from history.
Delegates festoon themselves with freebies at the conference stalls.
CONSERVATIVES, BLACKPOOL
Ken Clarke says it is "paranoid" to think he will try to take the UK into the euro if he wins the Conservative leadership contest.
David Davis vows there will be "no more grumpy Conservatism" if he wins the Tory leadership.
Ken Clarke has lifts the lid on his Cabinet clashes with Margaret Thatcher.
Would-be Tory leader David Davis promises a crackdown on political sleaze if he becomes prime minister.
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