The humbling of Miliband’s star speaker Bill de Blasio shows how education reform divides the progressive coalition, and the limitations of localism.
The conventional left want as much redistribution as they can get away with – but this makes them more not less dependent on the wealthy.
Was it David Axelrod who called in the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, to speak for Ed? If so, the Tories ought to thank him.