Ed Miliband is constantly under-estimated. He is not as charismatic as Blair, but he is principled in a way that Blair was not, and in politics that is priceless. He is also brave while Blair was not. Blair opted to define himself by taking on his own party and by deferentially siding with those with [...]
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What Ed Miliband needs to spell out in 2013
Dec 29th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.Ed Miliband’s commitment today to set out concrete policy steps in this next year is certainly needed. But the really essential point is that they must deal with the fundamentals, given how dire and precarious the state of Britain has now descended into. Bookmarks Hide Sites
On the “Connected Nation”: Why Ed Miliband’s speech was on message
Dec 14th, 2012 by Carl Packman.There has been a lot of chat about Ed Miliband’s speech this morning on the social media networks by people who have not read through or heard the speech, so now I’ve read through the transcript I feel in a better place to add comment. Firstly, were this really dog whistle politics designed to please [...]
Can Labour revive its democracy?
Dec 13th, 2012 by Conrad Landin.All hail, Arnie Graf. Once again, the press are heralding a new “guru” for dear leader Ed Miliband. Graf, like Maurice “Blue Labour” Glasman before him, says he offers fresh ideas to make the Labour Party vibrant once more. His “community organising” and “Obama mentor” repertoire is ideal – here’s the man steeped in the [...]
Ed Miliband on Europe
Nov 24th, 2012 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.Ed Miliband’s One Nation in Europe speech this week at the CBI conference formally marks an interesting shift in Labour Party positioning on the EU. I say interesting because for too long Labour has ceded this political ground to the right. Defending the EU as is may have attraction for some, but having little to nothing [...]
Yes to the living wage: but it’s still too low
Nov 6th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.Bully for the Milibands. The national minimum wage was never meant to be as low as it is – in today’s economic conditions £6.19 an hour for people 21 and over and £4.98 for those 18-20. The original intention of Rodney Bickerstaffe, the former general secretary of Unison and main architect of its introduction in [...]
The boos won’t help, but Ed is wrong, wrong, wrong on austerity
Oct 22nd, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Standing twenty metres from Ed Miliband during his speech in Hyde Park on Saturday, the crowd around me clapped and cheered loudly, as I did, when he referred to “a Chancellor of the Exchequer who tries to travel first class on a standard class ticket“. Again, louder still when he attacked the ”incompetent, hopeless, u-turning, pledge-breaking, [...]
Beware the Tory sirens
Oct 6th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.After Ed Miliband’s barnstorming performance this week, it’s hardly surprising that the Tory hacks are now searching for the next chink in the armour. ‘Ed doesn’t look like or behave like a leader’ now has to be binned. So the next complaint, always presented of course as an invitation to help him, is that he [...]
Ed’s ‘One Nation’ must be built on working people’s terms
Oct 6th, 2012 by Dominic Curran.Ed Miliband’s speech to conference this year was excellent. Following on from his speech in Liverpool last year he put yet more distance between himself and New Labour with a commitment to building a fairer Britain and challenging the laissez-faire and indeed “intensely relaxed” attitude to inequality of the Blair years. Bookmarks Hide Sites
Party democracy and the pay freeze: Ed answers
Oct 3rd, 2012 by Newsdesk.Ed Miliband took questions from Labour delegates this afternoon in a wide-ranging session that covered everything from school food to Trident. A member of the party’s policy forum, speaking after the session, commented: “I’ve never seen a Q&A so free. I’m used to this slot being stage-managed and controlled.” He received one of his strongest [...]
