UK's new opposition leader says he will bury era of former leader Tony Blair

[Gerald]

LONDON (AP) — Britain's surprise new Labour Party leader Ed Miliband on Monday pledged to bury the era of Tony Blair, promising to guide to power a generation of lawmakers untainted by divisive decisions over the Iraq war and the global financial crisis.

The 40-year-old Ed Miliband, his party's youngest postwar leader, has vowed to radically overhaul Blair's pro-business and Washington-friendly platform, but dismissed critics who call him "Red Ed," and have warned he will shift the centrist party toward the political left-wing.

He narrowly defeated his better-known brother David Miliband — the longtime favorite for the post — to became party leader in a vote of legislators, party activists and about 3.5 million labor union members

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09...er-tony-blair/



Note:Published September 27, 2010

[XabbaRus]

Oh well Labour made unelectable again. Unions back in control...

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Oh well Labour made unelectable again. Unions back in control...

The trouble is Ed is probably the last person in the Labour Party to realise it

[STEED]

Well after watching his first speech I was not that impressed, so he took a pop at the unions and declared Iraq war was illegal. As for saying David Cameron can not hide behind the deficit, come on, who fault was that? He has as much charisma and appeal that of a road accident, and those eyes of his! A cat caught in the head lights of a car, sorry this man is unelectable and must go...NOW.

[STEED]

So its out...Big Brother Dave steps down from the front benches, my bet is this time next year he will be in a new job and his book will be on sale.

[XabbaRus]

He looks like Mr Potato Head.

[MGR1]

More importantly, does this guy have any life experience outwith politics?

I think not, in which case, not much difference from the other two.

Mind you, I'll never vote Labour, so it's perhaps academic....

Mike.

[Gerald]

Reuters) - Britain's new opposition leader had to defend himself on Wednesday against accusations of hypocrisy after he washed his hands of policies such as the Iraq war which his Labour Party backed in office.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE68S1TY20100929




Note:Sept 29 | Wed Sep 29, 2010

[bookworm_020]

So he's going to bury Blair under manure or rebar concrete?

If I had a vote, which I don't, it'd go to Nick Griffin and BNP.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I find it amazing how all these politicians suddenly decry the Iraq invasion, very few had the guts to speak at the time and those that did didn't stick around in government long after!

I'm glad that people now view labour as unelectable, and I hope the current coalition can work fine - but people need to realise we couldn't just keep on spending, spending, spending.

But that's just my two-penneth

Edit: And David, to be successful now, will go to US and be Hilary's lapdog!

[TarJak]

We've got a slightly soiled and unwanted red welsh bint you can have back if you want her. Maybe she'd do a better job of moving Britain forward.

If I had a vote, which I don't, it'd go to Nick Griffin and BNP.

Thats no surprise, how the white supremacy coming along?

As for the racist scum in the BNP, their shining star in London has just been expelled as have dozens of party members ecause they said the party is like a crazy dictatorship, so that follows the publicity officer who got keelhaled for making death threats, their youth wing leader who got recorded with his holocaust denial rants, and of course one of their few remaining elected councilors who left the party because she said it was full of brain dead nazis.
well done snestorm , the master race at work

[Gerald]

Harriet Harman has said Labour will be "united" and "fortified" by new leader Ed Miliband, following a week of "roller coaster" emotion.

Closing the party's annual conference, deputy leader Ms Harman said losing the general election was "hard" but there was now a "fierce team" running Labour.

It follows a week when David Miliband quit front-bench politics after his brother Ed beat him to the leadership.Ms Harman paid tribute to David Miliband as a "towering figure".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11441103



Note: 30 September 2010 Last updated at 13:26 GMT

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Harriet Harman has said Labour will be "united" and "fortified" by new leader Ed Miliband, following a week of "roller coaster" emotion.

Closing the party's annual conference, deputy leader Ms Harman said losing the general election was "hard" but there was now a "fierce team" running Labour.

It follows a week when David Miliband quit front-bench politics after his brother Ed beat him to the leadership.Ms Harman paid tribute to David Miliband as a "towering figure".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11441103



Note: 30 September 2010 Last updated at 13:26 GMT

And all this after he said he was in it for the politics. If he believed that then he would stay put and help his brother (or maybe hinder...?) or the party. Nope, like a previous poster said, he'll have a book out soon - "Blair Up - Brown Down - Ed Stoppit, Stoppit... Mom!"

Another pile of sh**e I will not be buying, nor urging anyone else to.