Ed Miliband’s last-minute holiday to Ibiza was hardly the way in which the former Labour leader had envisaged spending the week after the election. Still, a week on the party island with his wife Justine is hardly a bad way to commiserate his failure at the polls.
Now he is on his way back to the UK to face Labour’s comedown. The Morning Star have published a photo of Miliband on a flight back to the UK. One Jack Forrester spotted Miliband and claims that Ed and Justine had some of the worst seats on the plane:
With all the wannabe Labour leaders taking it in turns over the past week to stick the knife into Labour under Miliband’s leadership, Mr S suspects Red Ed may wish he had extended his holiday until the nominees are decided in June.
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