Say this for the current state of British politics: it keeps finding new lows. A while back I made the mistake of suggesting voters might already have priced-in Ed Miliband’s shortcomings. The leader of Her Majesty’s loyal opposition might be a doofus but we know that and, if not exactly tickled by the thought, can cope with it. Reader, I think I may have been mistaken about that.
Recent events suggest Miliband’s haplessness exists on a higher plane than anyone previously thought possible. One can only assume he secretly doesn’t want to win the next election. This, at any rate, seems the only sensible verdict to reach based upon the evidence presented to the court.
We have entered a new phase. A veritable Carnival of Dumb. Miliband’s White Van agonies are the stuff of gast-flabbering nightmares.
It may be that Emily Thornberry’s infamous tweet was ill-judged. A snook-cocking piece of fatal – and fatalistic – smugness and unearned superiority.
Alex Massie
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