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Miliband calls for change in 'leader' cry



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Published Date: 30 July 2008
FOREIGN Secretary David Miliband today set out his vision of how Labour can win the next election, insisting the party needs to offer "real change".
He warned against "debating personalities" but his wide-ranging remarks in a newspaper article were being widely interpreted as setting out his stall to lead the party in place of Gordon Brown.

Mr Miliband said: "New Labour won three elections by offering real change, not just in policy but in the way we do politics.

"We must do so again. So let's stop feeling sorry for ourselves, enjoy a break, and then find the confidence to make our case afresh."

He warned the party must not yield to "fatalism", arguing that the next election can still be won. And he called for a more mature relationship with the electorate, with the politicians needing to be more humble about their shortcomings.

Mr Miliband did not mention Mr Brown once in his article.





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  • Last Updated: 30 July 2008 9:57 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Labour Party
 
1

Joe Smith.,

Moscow 30/07/2008 12:38:39

Miliband voted very strongly for the Iraq war.

He didn't mention that in the hollow PR guff he wrote in the Grauniad either.

2

Epicuras,

30/07/2008 14:10:57
#1and against an inquiry into the Irag invasion/war.

what he should realise is 'new labour' didn't win 3 elections, we all just refused to vote tory - nobody likes new labour and also in the guardian he claims the country wants be more reform (read privatisation) of the NHS; again miles from what we actually want - man hasn't got a scoobie. incidently have you seen him being interviewed? he quite clearly has (quite serious) mental health issues, and while I'm all for care in the community (where it works) there should be limits, i.e. people with serious problems should not be given public office wher they can influence or dictate policy that affects society
3

Joe Smith.,

Moscow 30/07/2008 15:03:28

Mental illness affetcs one in five of the population and is no laughing matter.

While Blair and Brown are definitely mental, I'd say Miliband is just a bit of a milksop. Six months in the prime ministerial hotseat though, and his barky moonwire will be activated without a doubt.
4

Mik Wilso,

30/07/2008 16:05:13
and in the whole story in the Telegraph he never once mentioned that Brown was the person to do all this. He's going for gold is milliband - but not shiny gold going on how labour look now
5

Mik Wilso,

30/07/2008 16:05:45
http://ufo-thesnp.org.uk
6

Epicuras,

30/07/2008 16:11:20
#3 joe, I agree with you on mental health not being a laughing matter - I'm being serious - check him out next time he's being interviewed and things are not going his way - he clearly has a real problem
7

Joe Smith.,

Moscow 30/07/2008 16:35:40

#6 - I saw the Sky News minute-long interview earlier. There's definitely some weird grimacing, a bit like Rowan Atkinson.

It's probably just nerves. Nothing a few cups of tea and 11 years in opposition won't cure.
8

Epicuras,

31/07/2008 10:28:07
#7 indeed :-)

 

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