Michael Meacher on Ed Miliband [he] is not only a very decent man, honest and with integrity, but also effective. He has actually been more effective than any previous Leader of the Opposition, though this seems to be little recognised and certainly he hasn’t received the credit he deserves. He has taken on very powerful adversaries, and won. He defeated Murdoch over BskyB, may well succeed in facing down the press over Leveson, and over Syria it can plausibly be argued that he changed global policy. Those are very remarkable achievements for a Leader of the Opposition, lacking any executive authority. But at the same time, within his own party his boldness gives way to seeking unity above all else. His inner instinct is to be transformational, a left-wing Thatcher even, but his politician’s caution trumps that while he has no direct power. Here here Michael Meacher michaelmeacher.info/weblog/2013/09/is-shutting-down-debate-on-what-labour-stands-for-clever-tactics-of-a-self-inflicted-wound/
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 06:26:00 +0000
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