Speaking at the Labour Representation Committee’s fringe at last year’s Trades Union Congress, Mark Serwotka assessed Ed Miliband as politically “schizophrenic”. It struck a chord. The Labour leader is a man of frustrating political and personal contradictions.
The New Labour days were famous for sofa politics, spin, doublespeak, doublethink and policies made on the hoof. Ed has been encouraged by those of us who supported him to break free from these methods. We have stressed the importance of him appearing a man of his word. But it is easy to forget that Miliband, as a former deputy chair of Progress, is firmly a child of Brown and Blair. His rise through the ranks stems from a loyalty to Gordon Brown. Continue reading