The fightback begins here. To that end, Ed Miliband is being offered plenty of advice by
the swords around his throne. The Mirror trails his speech, pleased that it will be honest about
Labour’s failings and inaugurate Labour’s ‘golden generation’. Tom Harris hopes that Miliband will remember that New Labour was successful because it was the party of
aspiration, not just the dispossessed.
Steve Richards wants Miliband to reach for Middle England by talking with an authentic voice, a simple contrivance that worked miracles for Tony Blair. However, we can add schizophrenia to psychodrama among Miliband’s afflictions. He was the author of a manifesto he immediately disowned, whilst refusing to concede that he bore responsibility for defeat. He was the minister who instigated a third runway at Heathrow, only to denounce the decision whilst groping for Labour’s green vote.
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