I know it’s very early days for Ed Miliband as the new Labour leader, but I’m interested in know how others feel about his chances of steering Labour up to the next general election and beyond?
Is Ed Miliband a breath of fresh air for the Labour party, taking a small step to the center left putting clear blue water between Labour and the Tories or;
The equivalent of the Conservatives Ian Duncan Smith who also didn’t have the full support of his parties MPs/MEPs during his party leadership elections and didn’t do too well as the Conservative party leader (putting it mildly :-)???
I thought David Miliband would easily win the Labour party leadership election (it was very close) and can understand why he’s stepped down from the shadow Labour cabinet for now (I doubt he’ll be out at the next general election though).
I do have a problem with Ed Miliband standing against his brother, had David Miliband won I don’t see how it would have damaged Ed’s political career, but the current results made it so difficult for David Miliband to remain in the media spot light over shadowing his brother the new Labour leader. I don’t think I could have done something like that to my older brother IF I was close to him!
David Law
I think Ed is finished. He keeps attacking government plans and has no real plan of his own. He is of no real competition to cameron and i feel that labour will not win any election let alone the next one with ED as their leader. In terms of the partys leadership, i believe ed is labours alternative to conservative ian duncan smith he will last a maximum time of 2 and a half years. I di however feel if he keeps his current performance at pmq’s he will be ousted a lot quicker.
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ed cant even reply when other parties are attacking him all he can do is defame all other parties
a 2 year old baby has a much better chance of winning labour a slim majority so ed milliband has no absolute chance its impossible
I think the answer to the question is, yes Labour will win the next general election, for those who believe not I suggest you take a peep at the opinion polls. The ConDems honeymoon period has ended almost as quickly as it began, oh dear, me thinks Nick Clegg et al made the biggest mistake of their oh so short political lives when they hopped in to bed with the tories.
Whether Ed Milliband will be leading the Labour party come the next election is another question. I and many others like him, either of the Miliband brothers OR Andy Burnham would have done quite nicely.
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It’s obvious that this Government isn’t looking at the wider picture, look at the world around us and the Civil unrest! especialy the people kicking the garbage out of Government. I reckon as do my work force that it’s just a matter of time before the people put up a real fight against this joke of a government —SOONER THE BETTER
Tories
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown swepped away traditional Labour’s core values, and continued with Thatcher’s right wing policies.
I will have respect for Ed Milliaband when he admits to this.
And I also “know” that Ed Milliband will lead Labour to a general election victory.
What you fail to comprehend is that the Tories are ideoligically run.
They believe in a small State and low income tax, which is exactly what we have had since Thatcher in the 80’s.
Cameron knows exactly what he is doing, and he is getting away with it thanks to Nick Clegg’s Lib-Dem support.
I SOOOOOOOOO REGRET VOING FOR TORIES! I WANT LABOUR TO WIN 2015 ELECTION. SO I WILL BE VOTING FOR THE FAIRER ONE NATION LABOUR, C’MON ED MILLIBAND!
I WORKED SO SO HARD TO BECOME A NURSE, I MADE A LOT OF SACRIFICES, I LIVED IN POVERTY ALONE IN A DIFFERENT CITY WHERE I DIDNT KNOW A SINGLE PERSON THEIR FOR YEARS, IN ORDER TO GO TO UNIVERSITY.BUT WHENEVER I FELT LIKE GIVING UP, I THOUGHT WHEN I GRADUATE A BECOME A NURSE, ALL THIS WOULD BE WORTH IT. SO ONE DAY I RECIEVED MY DEGREE AND BECAME A NURSE, AND NOW UNDER DAVID CAMERONS GOVERNMENT IVE BEEN MADE REDUNDANT, ALSO NOW IM BEEN PUNISHED BECAUSE I CANT GET INTO EMPLOYMENT, IM ON THE VERGE OF LOSING MY HOUSE, I CANT AFFORD BUYING FOOD, PAYING FOR MY MORTGAGE, PAYING BILLS, AND SOON WILL ALSO HAVE TO PAY COUNCIL TAX ALL UNDER THIS TORIES GOVERNMENT, THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE RUINED MY LIFE. ON THE GENERAL ELECTION 2015 VOTE ED MILLIBAND LABOUR THEY ARE MORE CARING AND HELP PEOPLE NOT JUST THE RICH EMPLOYEES
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i think the people will look back at what this government has done and look at what the consequences will be if labour achieves power we had a visit whilst ed was energy secretary and he constantly had to be briefed, i am not a lover of people at the bottom suffering, but reality is we are broke so why bother asking whether he will win for labour lets say work all together in every party and let the people win for once.
j.bailey
Too much people are suffering from this government, infact genuine people like disabled and redundant people have died, i thinks its time for Labour to get back in the office, come on ed milliband!!