By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Conservatives have had some fun at Ed Miliband's expense this week. Today's Sun revelled in Ed Miliband's "Blackbusters" gaffe. "Silly Mili", it laughed. Guido Fawkes relaunched Iain Martin's Don't Underestimate Ed Miliband Association as the Don't Unseat Ed Miliband Association. "Save Ed Miliband" is the three word prayer of every […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter In this morning's Times (£): "Ed Miliband’s policy to widen Labour’s support base has got off to a disappointing start after only 500 people signed up to be registered supporters on the party’s website, far short of the 50,000 target set by the leadership." Mr Miliband is 1% of the […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter Last week we reported some bad news for Ed Miliband, that according to a poll in the Sun, only 1 in 5 Labour voters would back him. Today signals further disappointment for the Labour leader with a poll on LabourList blaming Miliband's handling of public sector pensions strikes on 30th November for […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Labour have put out seven pieces of campaign literature for the Feltham and Heston by-election so far. On how many does Ed Miliband have even a passport-sized photo? None. Ed Miliband is nowhere to be seen on Labour leaflets. On Thursday, the Evening Standard's Craig Woodhouse reported: "As the […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter Today's Sun carries a YouGov poll which is bad news for the Labour party generally – and Ed Miliband personally. The poll suggests that only 1 in 5 Labour voters believe that Miliband is doing a good enough job. 51% of Labour voters saying that Miliband could do better. 40% […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. In a Parliamentary Question released on Thursday, the official Treasury estimate of the cost of Labour's five-point economic plan was given – it totalled more than £20 billion, which would be added to the budget deficit. Michael Meacher, the veteran left-wing Labour MP, asked: "To ask the Chancellor of […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Sat in the first class carriage of a train Ed Miliband has given an interview to The Independent newspaper in which he launches a very personal attack on David Cameron. Here are the Labour leader's words: "David Cameron really is doing a terrific job of looking after the vested interests, […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. On Monday, Minister of State for Climate Change, Greg Barker announced that the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) level for solar installations would be reduced as a result of soaring take-up of FITs. FITs are subsidies for small-scale renewable electricity generation, paid for by ordinary households through their energy bills. The government […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Following Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet reshuffle this afternoon, we can take a look at some of the reaction in the press: The Spectator's James Forsyth: "The Labour reshuffle is an attempt to bring more energy and aggression into Ed Miliband's top team. It is also a recognition that the […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Ed Miliband has completed his reshuffle and given big promotions to three new MPs. Chuka Umunna will shadow Vince Cable and Rachel Reeves will become Danny Alexander's opposite number. Liz Kendall also joins the shadow cabinet as an attending member, covering care and older people. The moves will increase […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. What’s Ed Miliband’s greatest weakness? Is it his high spending, high taxing, union-friendly politics? The Red Ed factor. Or is it the fact he just seems a bit weird and not ready to be a prime minister? The Odd Ed factor. YouGov asked 2,333 voters last weekend and it […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter This article has not been approved by Ivan Lewis MP Ed Miliband's standing with the voters was summed up by a passage of his speech. "My message to the public is simple," he cried – and, as he did so, the live BBC coverage I was watching died. The […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Ed Miliband is beginning to sing better tunes. Today, welcomed by Fraser Nelson, he will argue that people in work should have priority over those on welfare in the allocation of social housing. At the weekend he promised to take action against the big energy companies to cut fuel […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter According to reports this morning, more evidence is emerging over a Labour cover up on immigration. Both the Daily Mail and the Daily Express refer to £165,000 of taxpayer-funded documents prepared by the Department for Communities and Local Government which were never published by the previous government. The documents contain new revelations […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. I've already tweeted about Ed Miliband's desperately dire ratings as reported in today's Sun. To coincide with one year of the Labour leader's time "in charge" CCHQ has published a dossier setting out the challenges that Mr Miliband has ducked in the last year. Tory Chairman Sayeeda Warsi commented: […]