And the award for quotation of the day goes to the unnamed Labour MP who says, in the
Sunday Times (£), of Ed Miliband:
And second prize goes to another Labour MP, quoted in the same article, for this:“We’ve got a new nickname for him: the monk, because he wants two years of quiet contemplation to work out what he’s going to do.”
Words alone may not hurt Miliband, however acidic they are – but throw in another set of poor poll ratings for the Labour leader, and he is rather limping towards next month’s 100 day milestone. Today’s YouGov poll has a 29-44 split between those who think he is doing well and those who think he is doing badly. Only 17 percent of respondents to a ComRes poll for the Independent on Sunday believe he is “turning out to be a good leader of the Labour party”.“I give him 18 months. Tops.”
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