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Originally Posted by lostalex
It really is a shame how things turned out. His brother would have done great things for that party. So well put together and confident.
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I agree lostalex, I do feel David was the stronger of the 2 and had more appeal to the public too.
However, having said that, it is a rare thing for parties in UK politics,especially since the war to come back from defeat and win the next election in one go.
It has only happened once in UK politics since 1945 and that was Harold Wilson leading Labour back to Govt in 1974 after being defeated himself in 1970.
When you look at the scale of the defeat for Labour in 2010, them going to 29.6% of the votes as opposed to the Conservatives taking 36.9% of the votes.
The fact that Ed miliband has held the lead for the last 3 years at least and is still in a winning position with the Conservative party still plodding around in the lower 30s of percentage of voting intention.
Then that is quite a turnaround that Ed Miliband has done so far for the Labour party.
Ed Miliband has his party in the position where it is at the very least likely going to be the largest party anyway, if he holds on to this 2% to 5% lead,even that small lead will give him an overall majority in all probablility.
I also believe come the conference season this year that d Miliband will have a great deal more up his sleeve,I think he is underestimated a lot of the time and he has seen how he can set the talking agenda as to policy as he did with energy costs last year.
Kizzy and Kazanne, thank you very much for your comments, I won't be looking to stand as a candidate in any way in 2015, however who knows for the future.
One thing is sure, I would,if I was looking for to be a candidate,be 100% happy to be standing for the labour party under Ed Miliband's leadership.
At least I would feel at home there due to the sensitivity and compassion of the policies which are far more in line with my thinking than the heartless, prejudiced and discriminatory policies the most vulnerable have had to suffer under this shower in Govt. at present.