David Miliband

[The Red Baron]

If you want a good laugh, have a read of this:

http://www.davidmiliband.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/So-you’ve-decided-to-hold-a-house-meeting-for-David...-.pdf

Obviously if you like being patronised by politicians, David is the man for you!

[BobG]

Oh deep joy.....

'How to hold a meeting for 5 year olds'. That's one Milliband I will not be voting for then.

Cheers

BobG

[Jonathan]

Surely this has to be some kind of joke and aimed completely tongue in cheek. If not then it is indeed quite scary!

As for the leadership race, I think Ed Miliband is probably better positioned given he seems to have the backing of the unions, and he's come across quite well when talking about the future. The key is for them to draw a line under the past. The country made some great strides forward under Labour, many of which will probably become more evident as they are clawed back under the new govermnent. They also made mistakes too which they need to face up to, but retrospective comments about attitudes towards the Iraq war, for example, are of no help at all. We live in the present and the coalition is clearly intent on putting into place a number of measures that will make life very tough for masses of people (especially the most vulnerable) over the coming years.

Labour need to re-assess and affirm their values whilst regrouping as a viable opposition. Although there are already clear signs of concern emerging, I don't think most people have really had to consider the consequences of the coalition policy/ideology yet. We're still very much at a stage where \"cuts\" is just a word rather than a reality, the spending review has not even been completed or published yet and as always the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. I predict a number of people will look at the Labour party more rationally and favourably over the coming years, and they must be well placed to offer the electorate a genuine, feasible and fair alternative. I'll dismiss Rigo's comment that \"the only way they could be worse is if they had Nick Griffin in their party\" as ill thought out and completely mindless.

[Standanista]

Jonathan wrote:

The country made some great strides forward under Labour

I take it you're not talking about \"financial prudence\".  I can't believe how much debt Brown got us into.  For the first time in centuries we're reduced to cutting the armed forces to a level where we're not able to defend the country.  Less money to Zimbabwe et al, more into building ships on Tyneside, Clydeside, Barrow-in-Furness etc, with Sheffield steel.

[Standanista]

Jonathan wrote:

the only way they could be worse is if they had Nick Griffin in their party

The only reason Nick Griffin gets a platform is because he appeals to a large chunk of the population which is largely ignored by the namby-pamby Islington hoorah-henry left, i.e. the white working class man.