Why is ed miliband unpopular

In the grand scheme of things, it is largely irrelevant. The idea that there existed a significant gap between the three then main British political parties, more so than any election for a generation, is really quite absurd. All were committed to a severe and self-defeating austerity agenda.

It may have seemed simplistic, even infantile, but its meaning was clear. These are not words you can ever imagine being uttered by a Labour leader. Central to Blue Labour is the notion that the state, as well as the market economy, has dispossessed local communities of autonomy.

But the question of how communities can defend themselves against market forces is left bafflingly unaddressed. Blue Labour has little to say about how the retrenchment of the state, through austerity, is the biggest threat to strong communities in Britain.

By suggesting capitalism can be reformed, the concept sounded a bit lefty — New Labour suggested capitalism could be harnessed, but never tamed. Yet it offered no substantive role for citizens in taking back control over a rampant economy. Rather, we look to capitalists themselves to lead the change. It presented government as both limited in its interventions — eschewing the politics of re distribution — and overtly technocratic, in that it suggested state managers know best how to create good citizens.

It would be unforgivable to the people that we came into politics to represent, that we stand for and that I am determined to fight for. Asked if he felt he had been the victim of a media storm, he went on: "I'm not in the whinging business. Miliband said he had never contemplated quitting, suggesting rather that he had steered Labour to a stronger position that anyone expected - with a chance of being in opposition for just one term after one of the party's most brutal general election defeats in In the speech, he is expected to declare: "You need resilience in this job.

You need fight. But above all, you need belief in what you are doing. That is why I am in this job, that is why it matters to me, that is what drives me on. We are in a fight because they know we can win. Our task is simple: not to be distracted, but to keep our eyes on the prize of changing this country.

Jeremy Vine: Ed Miliband slammed by Daubney over leadership. His leadership spanned five years and culminated in the election. Election The reasons for not sticking with Labour in the last election Image: Express Newspapers.

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