Philip Webster in today’s “Times” has a reasonable take on the Labour leadership soap opera. Whilst the article covers very little that is new ground, he does have a very interesting series of quotes from David Miliband.
Commenting on what he expects from a new Brown era, he says;
“We need to build on what we’ve done, but clearly post Blair politics cannot be a re-run of 1997 – 2007”
After ditching Blair’s approach in one fell swoop, Miliband goes on to say of Brown;
“He is the leader; we are not passive bystanders”
and
“We have also got to come forward….. with a bold and clear programme for how we meet the problems of 2017”
After months of dithering, Miliband has set his stall out clearly. Not convinced of his chances of taking Brown on for the leadership, he has given way to allow him a free run. However, he is going to be no lackey himself. Hopefully, this will see an increased roll for assertive cabinet politics and a return to MP’s governing and not an unelected, P.M. appointed elite. But how will the Stalinist sympathiser take this early broadside swipe at his leadership? The old adage “keep your friends close but your enemies closer still” will allow Gordon to keep close tabs on Miliband, but the closer the future usurper gets, the stronger his desire will become to occupy the top job. And that’s when Gordon’s problems will really start!
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