| Monday 20 September 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two Presented by Kirsty Wark and Jeremy Paxman Kirsty Wark writes: Liverpool is looking lovely. Tate Liverpool is across the dock - but the journalists of every species awaiting the deputy prime minister's big speech this afternoon here at the Liberal Democrat conference have been parked in a cavernous compound in the Echo Arena - consigned to the gloom and lit dimly only by their computer screens. The Liberal Democrats on the other hand are all bright and expectant. So what will Nick Clegg have in store in an address in which he's to argue it is better to be in half-power after more than half a century, than shouting from a distance? As if to emphasise his point, Nick Clegg will be dashing off tomorrow morning to attend the UN. Tonight we'll have rapid and in depth reaction to the speech, and will be asking the Business Secretary Vince Cable about current policy issues and about the long range. If Nick Clegg, as expected, rules out an electoral pact - assuming the coalition lasts the five years - what will they be fighting over on the first morning of the election campaign? From the web team in London: Also in Liverpool tonight - and surely not to be missed - our Political editor Michael Crick will be unveiling Newsnight's 2010 party conference game (remember Sacred Cow or Prime Cut from last year? And Place That Face from 2008?). Later, our Diplomatic editor Mark Urban will be talking us through the handover of security in the Sangin district of Helmand from British to US forces, marking the end of their four-year mission in the area. Is it a tactical withdrawal? Jeremy Paxman will be joined by representatives from the military and academia to debate if we're being bailed out by the US military. And our Science editor Susan Watts will be considering how much we really need to worry about Nasa's solar flare warning and the possibility of all the lights going out. Susan's been to visit a mobile satellite company and will be speaking to the European Space Agency. Join us at 10.30pm on BBC Two. | 
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