Today's papers have reviewed Iain Duncan Smith's speech to the Conservative conference.

The Telegraph welcomed the speech and the conference as a whole. Its leader argues: "If you had studied the media a week ago, you might easily have believed that the Tory party would have fallen apart this morning. The opposite has happened. It has come together and begun - still slow and halting, but definite all the same - the long pilgrimage required to hold power once more."

The Times proclaims: "This week the Conservatives Party indicated that it can learn to operate as an effective Opposition... For the first time since Tony Blair became Labour leader the Tories now possess a broadly coherent critique of their opponents and offer an intelligible outline of their alternative."

The FT praises the Conservatives' support for more pluralistic service provision. Its editorial states: "Arguing for localism and against centralism is thus a genuinely distinctive platform for Mr Duncan Smith's Conservatives."

The Guardian denies that "the Tories are back", but notes "at the core of the Bournemouth conference, one can discern ways in which the Tory party may eventually be able to reclaim a position at the heart of politics".

The Independent warns: "Modern politics is a presidential business in a televisual market. In real life, the quiet man tends not to be heard. For all the good sense that many of his team talked this week, for too many people Mr Duncan Smith's closing line 'The Conservatives are back' still sounded more like a threat than a promise."

The Mail says that Duncan Smith "must somehow master the charisma of leadership. His great challenge is to surround himself with the kind of brilliant advisers who can help him reach out to a wider public."

The Mirror completely dismisses Duncan Smith. Its editorial says: "The Conservatives' spin doctors tried to present this as a turning point conference. A crucial step on the road back to power. It wasn't. It was a divided party with a jumble of politics led by an unelectable dullard."

The Sun's leader criticises Duncan Smith's style of speaking, arguing: "A speech is a long time in politics when Iain Duncan Smith is at the podium. If the Tory leader's aim was to show he's not Tony Blair then he succeeded. Sadly IDS's style was on a par with Virgil from Thunderbirds reading the phone book."