Ed Miliband

[BlackLabel]

Tristram Hunt just before the election: "Labour's education policy is great, the Tories will destroy the education system" etc etc.

After the election: "Actually I may have been lying - Labour lost the plot on education".

This seems to be a running theme amongst key members of Miliband's shadow cabonet post election - it says just as much about them as it does about Ed.


Ed Miliband appeared uninterested in schools policy and muddled his priorities with the tuition fees cut, writes shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt

[br d]

Just watching David Miliband on CNN, comes over as a very competent and serious guy, they were insane to pick the idiot brother.

[mph1977]

br d said:

Just watching David Miliband on CNN, comes over as a very competent and serious guy, they were insane to pick the idiot brother.

the grass roots Party and the MPs wanted David ... it was the throwbacks block vote that got them Red Ed

[HoHoHo]

No matter how many times I read he lost the election it just makes me feel warm inside

[Mermaid]

br d said:

Just watching David Miliband on CNN, comes over as a very competent and serious guy, they were insane to pick the idiot brother.

All's well that ends well.

[turbobloke]

Mermaid said:

br d said:

Just watching David Miliband on CNN, comes over as a very competent and serious guy, they were insane to pick the idiot brother.

All's well that ends well.

Comedy of errors, as we like it!

[Funk]

BlackLabel said:

Tristram Hunt just before the election: "Labour's education policy is great, the Tories will destroy the education system" etc etc.

After the election: "Actually I may have been lying - Labour lost the plot on education".

This seems to be a running theme amongst key members of Miliband's shadow cabonet post election - it says just as much about them as it does about Ed.

It certainly does. They'll lie in public and say anything to win power, even when they know it's a lie and bad policy. It means you categorically cannot trust anything they say in future either as you know they'll say whatever they think will get them what they want.

I would have more respect for an MP who crossed the floor because of their party's bad policy rather than lie about it and hope they get a cabinet position.

[Mermaid]

Funk said:

I would have more respect for an MP who crossed the floor because of their party's bad policy rather than lie about it and hope they get a cabinet position.

A short list to choose from.

[Zod]

HoHoHo said:

No matter how many times I read he lost the election it just makes me feel warm inside

Once the glow starts to fade, just think about Ed Balls losing his seat!

[BJG1]

Funk said:

Another one who's yet to realise his opinions are out of sync with the rest of the population.

Well this isn't really true. Labour were the second most popular party at the election. His views may be out of sink with the majority but it certainly isn't the rest of the population and whilst I don't agree with him, those who are right tend not to be the majority, intelligence is a rare thing.

Slaav said:

What is/was he like? Still in touch?

I always find it interesting to find out how much is the media manipulation of people and their personalities vs the real them.

Yep, still in touch. Nice guy who doesn't take himself very seriously at all. His only political involvement on FB and Twitter was the Cool Ed Miliband stuff. He's an Advertising Exec, this was much more about having a viral campaign on his CV than it was a genuine political statement I think. Cool Ed was covered by pretty much every major UK media outlet as well as the Washington Post and then to top it off he's gone and got himself a viral video. Good work I'd say.

[HoHoHo]

Zod said:

HoHoHo said:

No matter how many times I read he lost the election it just makes me feel warm inside

Once the glow starts to fade, just think about Ed Balls losing his seat!

I try not to Zod because I start to laugh uncontrollably.

So much so it starts to hurt

[Smollet]

br d said:

Just watching David Miliband on CNN, comes over as a very competent and serious guy, they were insane to pick the idiot brother.

That's the power of the unions for you.

[turbobloke]

Zod said:

HoHoHo said:

No matter how many times I read he lost the election it just makes me feel warm inside

Once the glow starts to fade, just think about Ed Balls losing his seat!

"Is that defeat ahead of us? I think it is."

[motco]

Smollet said:

br d said:

Just watching David Miliband on CNN, comes over as a very competent and serious guy, they were insane to pick the idiot brother.

That's the power of the unions for you.

...and yet, before Ed got the job, one seasoned political commentator described David as looking like a six-former on his work experience assignment. Just shows how judgement can be coloured by the prevailing political scene.

[turbobloke]

motco said:

Smollet said:

br d said:

Just watching David Miliband on CNN, comes over as a very competent and serious guy, they were insane to pick the idiot brother.

That's the power of the unions for you.

...and yet, before Ed got the job, one seasoned political commentator described David as looking like a six-former on his work experience assignment. Just shows how judgement can be coloured by the prevailing political scene.

My view of bananaman was much the same at that time; looking again years later, he's bound to have a tad more gravitas, and there's a contrast effect to dial out - Miliband E would make just about anyone look good.

[RedLeicester]

BJG1 said:

His views may be out of sink with the majority

So just sort of dumped and abandoned on the draining board?

[mybrainhurts]

RedLeicester said:

BJG1 said:

His views may be out of sink with the majority

So just sort of dumped and abandoned on the draining board?

Straight down the plug hole, I'll be bound...

[BlackLabel]

Miliband is back.

article said:

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has lavished praise on his successor, Jeremy Corbyn, saying he has what it takes to be prime minister and praising him for recruiting new members to the party.

He also congratulated John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, for recruiting serious international economists to advise him on the future of the British economy.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/23/jeremy-corbyn-has-what-it-takes-to-be-pm-says-ed-miliband

On radio 4 today:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038vtvm



Ouch.

Edited by BlackLabel on Monday 23 November 11:57

[anonymous-user]

BlackLabel said:

Miliband is back.

article said:

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has lavished praise on his successor, Jeremy Corbyn, saying he has what it takes to be prime minister and praising him for recruiting new members to the party.

He also congratulated John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, for recruiting serious international economists to advise him on the future of the British economy.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/23/jeremy-corbyn-has-what-it-takes-to-be-pm-says-ed-miliband

On radio 4 today:



Ouch.

That's great news for the Tories. Corbyn gets support from Labour's last failure............

[Soov535]

BlackLabel said:

Miliband is back.

article said:

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has lavished praise on his successor, Jeremy Corbyn, saying he has what it takes to be prime minister and praising him for recruiting new members to the party.

He also congratulated John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, for recruiting serious international economists to advise him on the future of the British economy.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/23/jeremy-corbyn-has-what-it-takes-to-be-pm-says-ed-miliband

On radio 4 today:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038vtvm



Ouch.

Edited by BlackLabel on Monday 23 November 11:57