So Ed Miliband is in trouble with some angry people over whether or not he took enough trouble over signing a remembrance wreath. Here is the offending wreath, on the right besides the Prime Minister’s which bears a personal message.
Messages on the wreaths laid by David Cameron and Ed Miliband. #WW1Centenary #c4news pic.twitter.com/gDNMxvc2tQ
— Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) August 4, 2014
Mark Ferguson at LabourList reports Labour sources saying they were just handed the wreath at the very last minute, and had no chance to add a personal message. Nick Clegg’s wreath was similarly bland. Number 10 says it’s standard practice for the Prime Minister to sign his wreath – and does it all the time, but perhaps the arrangements for the remembrance service all three leaders were attending were such that only heads of government could sign their wreaths, rather than lots of other politicians scribbling away too (Damian McBride argues, though, that the advisers should have planned ahead).
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