tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post5890041132927062609..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Ed Miliband's Canny SpeechPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-23883974849482145882013-09-27T18:54:21.451+01:002013-09-27T18:54:21.451+01:00All I know is that what he has said has rattled ca...All I know is that what he has said has rattled cages by the amounts of Right wing types coming angrily and fearfully out of the woodwork to condemn him and put the boot in so to speak. He is not a radical socialist, but not everyone wants radical socialism, most just want some future and a chance to get on. The finer points of political ideology are for university professors and academics, for most of us we just want someone who might actually fight our corner. The fact his speech excited so many people, and caused the expected BS from the utilities, proves that he must be saying something right.T-Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-20495980096216635692013-09-27T10:37:21.646+01:002013-09-27T10:37:21.646+01:00It is a problem for everyone when a Leader makes a...It is a problem for everyone when a Leader makes an attempt to raise troop morale in the wards and valleys of GB plc.<br /><br />I thought Ed's deliver to be poor but the message(s) were the correct way forward.<br /><br />I particularly appreciated when he cut and pasted my agenda and stole it as his own (3 years out of date but there you go).<br /><br />I think BIG business will now begin to conspire against Labour and Ed. I think they will assassinate Ed Balls and send Miliband the horses head in the bed scene to him one night.<br /><br />We will be slaughtered with our bills.Gary Elsbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-47197653092487818452013-09-26T20:59:26.657+01:002013-09-26T20:59:26.657+01:00"What would you do if you were an energy comp..."What would you do if you were an energy company and a non entity political leader told you he would freeze your business if he won an election?"<br /><br />Expect that you couldn't hold nations to ransom, and expect that if you did, 'your' business would once again be brought back into public ownership. Thing is red Ed wouldn't go that far.<br /><br />The guy is a phoney, I hope he beats the odious Clegg and Cameron but he is all hot air. About as radical as prime time ITV, or Obama. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-33239126375175819452013-09-25T22:30:55.241+01:002013-09-25T22:30:55.241+01:00And stop asking himself questions and then eagerly...And stop asking himself questions and then eagerly answering them.<br /><br />"You madam what is your name and question"?<br /><br />"Frank".<br />"Is Tony Blair a war criminal"?<br />"Ha ha ha ho ho"<br /><br />"I disagree with Tony and I agree with him" said Ed.Gary Elsbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-38435431579366769482013-09-25T16:43:26.539+01:002013-09-25T16:43:26.539+01:00That he is laughingly being perceived as 'red&...That he is laughingly being perceived as 'red' means he is making the right noises. Politics is a cruel scene if he should have 'a low poll rating' after playing a blinder over Syria. I think the lad may have promise if he can rein in thoseAo awful hand movements.Stephen Flaundennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69626060350644853072013-09-25T10:43:50.156+01:002013-09-25T10:43:50.156+01:00Put on SKY news and they said it was a good speech...Put on SKY news and they said it was a good speech, well delivered, and bound to raise his low poll rating. Had to check I had the right channel. jimboonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-16401712429789105332013-09-25T10:40:32.193+01:002013-09-25T10:40:32.193+01:00What would you do if you were an energy company an...What would you do if you were an energy company and a non entity political leader told you he would freeze your business if he won an election?<br /><br />God help us in 2014.Gary Elsbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-86753277810051334512013-09-25T09:49:23.608+01:002013-09-25T09:49:23.608+01:00I agree with that, Paul. While some idiots in the ...I agree with that, Paul. While some idiots in the Tory press have been quick to point out that Ed didn't talk much about the economy or the deficit that was, of course, comprehensively covered in Ed Balls' speech. I was glad to see he has positively endorsed zero-based budgeting. Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-9755903310888910142013-09-25T09:19:53.453+01:002013-09-25T09:19:53.453+01:00Look closely though and the "strict spending ...Look closely though and the "strict spending limits" thing isn't quite as strict as they'd currently have us believe. The language being to describe a tightly focused fiscal expansion/tax and spend programme is simply being carefully controlled.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-41146614995135792572013-09-25T07:00:02.032+01:002013-09-25T07:00:02.032+01:00I can't complain, Ed delivered the kind of thi...I can't complain, Ed delivered the kind of things I'd been asking for (in the real world). <br /><br />There's more fleshing out to do but I have to say there really did seem to be the spirit of 45 I'd called for previously, and if he can keep focused on this - the squeezed middle (the new working class), realistic radicalism, aspiration - then he can't do more. <br /><br />Ed as Atlee certainly seems a good way to go. I also liked that he mentioned the Scottish question, again positively. <br /><br />I'm still doubtful about his chances faced with a hostile press, but if he can get Cameron together with him in the same room often enough then he might be in with a chance. Speedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-23494423933345051212013-09-24T22:13:37.688+01:002013-09-24T22:13:37.688+01:00You just have to look at the tweets I've culle...You just have to look at the tweets I've culled from Twitter below to show what kind of fevered world their "cadres" inhabit.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-45834675240623769922013-09-24T21:54:23.834+01:002013-09-24T21:54:23.834+01:00There's a lot of complacency among conservativ...There's a lot of complacency among conservatives who've convinced themselves that Ed is either too weak or looks too geeky on television to win in 2015. Let's hope they've misunderestimated him.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097624792336619525noreply@blogger.com