These are dark days for the Labour party, following their brutal election defeat and the recent turmoil within the party. For Miliband in particular, the pain of the past few months must be particularly acute.
Still, there’s at least one area of politics he can draw comfort from: Milifandom. Abby Tomlinson, the founder of the cult movement, has today met her idol at the Palace of Westminster. There’s life in the movement yet, it seems:
https://twitter.com/twcuddleston/status/614044576488247296/photo/1
Currently having lunch with the brilliant founder of #milifandom @twcuddleston to say thanks for starting something so highly improbable…
— Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) June 25, 2015
Tomlinson became quite a star during the election, following a spat with Louise Mensch and a number of opinion pieces written about her strange obsession. Now that Miliband has more time on his hands, perhaps he can finally get round to meeting all the other Milifans?
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