tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post4195965448376500736..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: Why Ed Miliband's core instinct is to battle for the middle groundTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-56433350624902228952010-09-27T13:08:08.456+01:002010-09-27T13:08:08.456+01:00The problem is we have an ( Wales) Assembly which ...The problem is we have an ( Wales) Assembly which is not a government.<br /><br />The fact is we have AM's not MP's in Wales, we have tip bits given to use but the fact is if we had a government we would not now be told that we are going to lose 500 million in cuts from England.<br /><br />The fact is if Labour England would have given us Independence you would have lost about 20 labour MP's , it's doubtful labour England would ever win another election.<br /><br />But of course thats not what people mean when they say Wales has a government what you mean we can still vote in a general electionRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-67347375575572818582010-09-26T11:55:29.183+01:002010-09-26T11:55:29.183+01:00How about taking the opportunity to listen to Engl...How about taking the opportunity to listen to England instead of speaking to England?<br /><br />For starters, how about asking the people of England if we want our English parliament back and working in our interests, the same way the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish were consulted about devolved government.Wyrdtimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640021224868439090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-12681434552238534112010-09-26T01:51:16.351+01:002010-09-26T01:51:16.351+01:00Labour's constitutional shambles lurches from ...Labour's constitutional shambles lurches from one disaster to the next.<br /><br />FIrst they have a leader who had never garnered a single vote from anybody outside Kircaldy. Now they have a leader who most members of the PLP voted AGAINST!<br /><br />You'd struggle terribly to make this up...<br /><br />Those Labour MP's that have clung on to their seats now understand how badly having the wrong leader can screw them. It's not a lesson they want to learn again in a hurry. How long will we have to wait to find out how the PLP feel about having Tony Woodley foist the WRONG Miliband on them?<br /><br />The Leader of the Opposition will never speak with conviction because he will always know that his "friends" in the Commons undermined him before he was even installed.<br /><br />(Or maybe they were both really the same all along?).<br /><br />If Ed is offered the bronze medal in the 2015 election tomorrow, he should take it now.13eastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162940753429246157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-62030772668266286842010-09-26T00:56:10.447+01:002010-09-26T00:56:10.447+01:00He was Brown`s boy ,he was elected by the Unions a...He was Brown`s boy ,he was elected by the Unions and he went against his brother, as the anti Blairite candidate .He was supported by the left of the Party , was too left wing to get a majority there and the supposed relevance of his policy doodles is insulting the meanest intelligence.<br />They mean nothing,his positioning was clear to the Labour Party as it was to you and Sunny Hundal<br /><br />Red Ed and Red Ken in one week .Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-74647646671875494832010-09-26T00:29:08.834+01:002010-09-26T00:29:08.834+01:00Good piece Sunder. Now the big question: how is he...Good piece Sunder. Now the big question: how is he going to face up to Cameron? He'll need to be very human with him - warm, dignified - but also very tough; hit him where it hurts from the beginning and keep hitting.jheawoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661940791190035152noreply@blogger.com