Ed Miliband owes his victory to the unions, and whatever pact he made with them may haunt him

Fraser Nelson reviews the week in politics

At Labour party conference in Manchester last week, David Miliband’s supporters could be spotted at 20 paces. They were the ones walking around in a daze, still not quite able to take in what
had happened. They felt that their man had not so much lost as been assassinated, by a trade union hit squad which now seems to hold the balance of power in the Labour party.