Miliband’s growing argument

Ed Miliband turned in a crisp performance on the Andrew Marr show this morning. If he is having media training, it is paying off.

In a clear sign of where Labour’s economic policy is heading, he constantly stressed that growth was the key to getting the deficit down. But he was far less clear on how he would stimulate the economy beyond a proposed cut in VAT.

Miliband was also asked about his proposal to cut tuition fees to £6,000. I’m not convinced by the politics of this move. It leaves fees in place and raises them from where they were under the last government which is hardly a radical change or enough to fire up the student vote. But, interestingly, Miliband suggested that Labour would try to go further on this issue by the time of its manifesto. 

One other thing worth noting is how Miliband kept saying that he was his own man and that he says what he thinks.