Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Reckless, Indeed
He is mostly Irish.
And not "came over in the nineteenth century" Irish, either. His grandfather was Henry McDevitt, the considerably less Irish Éamon de Valera's man in East Donegal.
One man who is not reckless is Ed Miliband. He's now agreed he would debate Clegg or Cameron (who agree with him on almost everything) but run away from a real debate against Nigel Farage.
He saw what happened to Nick Clegg and decided he didn't fancy his chances.
What a shame-a good old fashioned no-holds-barred debate is the British way. Miliband plainly doesn't like the adversarial tradition.
No more talk of "taking UKIP apart", then. We all saw how fast he ran when offered the chance...
What would you suggest? Would you just leave all 3 million EU migrants here regardless of whether they were in work or not?
ReplyDeleteOf course we shouldnt have let them in in the first place, but that's the Labour Party for you.
This isn't a simple issue.
It wasn't the Labour Party that signed the Single European Act. Or even voted for it.
DeleteOne man who is not reckless is Ed Miliband. He's now agreed he would debate Clegg or Cameron (who agree with him on almost everything) but run away from a real debate against Nigel Farage.
ReplyDeleteHe saw what happened to Nick Clegg and decided he didn't fancy his chances.
What a shame-a good old fashioned no-holds-barred debate is the British way. Miliband plainly doesn't like the adversarial tradition.
No more talk of "taking UKIP apart", then. We all saw how fast he ran when offered the chance...
It's beneath his dignity. Or Cameron's. Clegg and Farage are at each other's level.
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