tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post3740747895357264808..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: The Woolas Affair: Where is Ed Miliband?Jonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-40714354842422327462010-11-11T23:06:38.335+00:002010-11-11T23:06:38.335+00:00Given Ed Miliband's youth and relative lack of...Given Ed Miliband's youth and relative lack of support among his MPs and constituency parties, his overwhelming need is to be seen as an authoritative leader.<br /><br />And I am not as petty as you seem to think.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-6692650705487380392010-11-11T18:34:49.818+00:002010-11-11T18:34:49.818+00:00Are you expecting Miliband to voice his opinion on...Are you expecting Miliband to voice his opinion on everything, and then castigate him if he decides that his deputy has covered off the issue adequately?<br /><br />Presumably if he went the other way, and mouthed off about every issue under the sun, you'd accuse him of control freakery.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-86392153124863759072010-11-09T23:08:15.989+00:002010-11-09T23:08:15.989+00:00Irony about older Labour MPs being angry is that t...Irony about older Labour MPs being angry is that the older they are, the more likely that are to have voted in favour of the 1983 legislation that they now say is so awful. Have you spotted any individuals who were MPs in 1983 complaining about it?Mark Packhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596137350950820090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-43127364566204851562010-11-09T22:49:24.479+00:002010-11-09T22:49:24.479+00:00Fair point, though the Woolas verdict was last Fri...Fair point, though the Woolas verdict was last Friday, so Ed Miliband could have taken a lead then.<br /><br />It is early days, but I suspect we are seeing a pattern being formed. Did we ever hear from him on Ken Livingstone and the Tower Hamlets mayoral election?Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-51067172866276325262010-11-09T22:43:17.402+00:002010-11-09T22:43:17.402+00:00Isn't he on paternity leave now?
I know that ...Isn't he on paternity leave now?<br /><br />I know that doesn't excuse making Woolas shadow immigration minister, but to complain that Ed Miliband is not saying much is a little harsh imo.E,P. Thompsonhttp://paperbackrioter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com