Red Ed Miliband

The excellent David Vance at A Tangled Web has two posts yesterday pointing out that Ed Miliband is a left wing socialist, was elected by courtesy of the Trade unions (especially UNITE) and will be an electoral disaster. I agree with the first two points but as for the third I refer you to my post from yesterday.

Regardless of this, the BBC will get themselves behind Ed Miliband and try to ensure that his past as Gordon Brown's Treasury advisor in the 1990s, his Cabinet role in the the 2000s and his role in writing Labour's 2010 general election manifesto are all forgotten.

The BBC want a proper socialist Labour leader and in Ed Miliband they believe they have one so expect him to get a very easy ride, starting with his interview on the Andrew Marr show this morning at 9 o'clock.



Thanks to A Tangled Web for the graphic.