What’s the difference, Mili-brothers?
As voting commences, Labour leadership front runners David and Ed Miliband have answered a series of policy questions for Left Foot Forward – read their answers in full here.
Ed Miliband
Ed leads David in poll of gay Labour Party members 42%:31%
Ed Miliband leads his brother in a poll of LGBT members of the Labour Party for the Pink News website; of the 680 sample, Ed polls 42 per cent, David 31 per cent, Diane Abbott 16 per cent, Andy Burnham 7 per cent and Ed Balls 4 per cent.
Caroline Lucas: Ed and David should support more options for AV referendum
Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has called on Labour leadership frontrunners David and Ed Miliband to support her amendment to the AV referendum bill on Monday to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems.
Surprise, elation and disappointment at Cruddas’s endorsement of DM
So, the Labour Party’s most popular politician, a man respected for his honesty and outspokenness, Jon Cruddas, is backing David Miliband for the leadership. Many are surprised; some are elated – citing it as proof of the that David represents a ‘board church’; some disappointed.
Why has John Rentoul got it in for Left Foot Forward?
Indy hack John Rentoul has today called Left Foot Forward “whining” Ed Miliband supporters in his latest hatchet job on the Labour leadership candidate.
Labour leader battle enters final phase
With one week to go before Labour Party members and affiliates receive their ballot papers, all is still to play for before the new leader is announced on September 25.
Ed M again dodges question on why his opposition to Iraq etc. wasn’t more vocal
Ed Miliband again side-stepped the question of why he hadn’t been more vocal in his opposition to unpopular Labour policies in an interview with Yoosk.com.
Why the Edinburgh East primary should be re-run
The Labour leadership primary in Edinburgh East was cast into doubt this evening when it became clear that only 300 people had voted in a contest which used the wrong rules.
Ed Miliband turns up heat on Clegg over tax avoidance
Another day, another round of worrying headlines for the deputy prime minister, barely 100 days in office, effectively running the country in David Cameron’s absence and now facing one of his most sustained periods of pressure – from the press, Opposition and his own backbenchers over the issue of tax avoidance.
More woe for Clegg as Ed Miliband slams Coalition’s 100-day record
Twitter sentiment for Nick Clegg is down sharply – while David Cameron’s rating has risen slightly, in another stark illustration of the unpopularity of the ‘sell out’ deputy prime minister in the three months since the general election.