Miliband retreats

rebelrebel

Go for it, you asses.

Simon

Someone has lost his cojones

Faceless Bureaucrat

It's because Miliband has finally spotted Cruddas coming up fast in his rear-view mirror - he knows the pantomime is over for him now. Great Labour Hope he ain't...

Nicholas

Milliband just represents what the establishment, public and private, has become. Immature, irresponsible, lacking experience and shallow. Britain's parlous state has been brought about, in part, because of its institutionalised ageism which consigns everyone over 50 to the scrap-heap or menial retail chain jobs.

It is ironic that mens outfitting sales manager Milliband ("I'm free") is in cabinet when the skilled and experienced are driving supermarket vans or helping customers in DIY shops - or leaving in droves to go abroad.

Only when Britain wises up and starts to value its older workers and treat them with respect will we begin to see the return of reason, responsibility and integrity to the workplace, whether it is in Whitehall or the corporate world.

Marian C

Simon
September 14th, 2008 1:23pm

"Someone has lost his cojones"

I don't think he had any in the first place to lose did he? I've always thought that Milipede was nothing more than a spine chump,looks like I was right the first time

Lance Grundy

“…he had a sour expression on his face…making clear his irritation at having to face the media.”

It’s the sour expression on his face after he has faced the electorate that I’m looking forward to.

john miller

What are you if you take on the Bottler and then bottle it?

Liz Brown

Millipede is as bereft of ideas as Gordo - if he hasn't read it(whatever "it" is) in a book or pamphlet he hasn't a clue. Like the rest of the zanulab lot he is far removed from reality. Not one of them could run a whelk stall

Keith

Someone has lost his cojones

If he ever had any!!

John Page

Hugely over-promoted.

Old Hack

When will these spineless Labour MPs, many of whom are destined to lose their seats, realise that they have nothing to lose but their chains by sacking Brown?
Of course Milibland (or is it Miniblair?) doesn't want to wield the knife if he wants to lead, but there have got to be 70 Labour MPs with a bit of guts?
Its no longer enough to say no-one has more appeal in the polls than GB, the reverse is true. Anyone, even Charles Clarke, may have more appeal.

Alex R

Just out of interest, can anyone remember the last time that Miliband actually delivered a decent performance?

Ben Brogan reminded everyone about his terrible speech at the Labour Conference last year. Similar, Fraser (I think) has commented before on his terrible body language and his tendency to come across as arrogant and bored.

Simple fact is that Miliband was a wonk and has not made the transition to elected politician particularly well.

I'd bet that Ed Miliband has a greater chance of making it to the top than David does.

Ann

Please don't insult donkeys. They have backbone. Millipedes don't, and this one is a particularly weak and loathsome and stupid specimen.

Patrick

As the Russian Foreign Minister said of Miliband Snr, "Who the f*** are you...."

Bottler Miliband, same DNA as Gordon Brown.

Tel, Spain

Milliband is out of the running now, it's between Purnell and Cruddas.

Val

Cannot believe this man is our Foreign Secretary, what a disgrace. This is the man who now represents our once great country in the eyes of the world. We are a laughing stock.

Katie

Vince Cable had it wrong it is not Brown that is Mr Bean it is Miliband, he really does look like him.

Max Kaye

Is it very bad of me to hope that he was bullied at school?

Anglica

Nicholas - another post I agree with wholeheartedly! I would add that I think Marxists have picked up on Ageism.

Older Brits are, after all, very inconvenient - especially because we tend not to like euSSR, and we include among our number those who fought against europe in the twentieth century.

We are even potentially dangerous as the more knowledgeable and sophisticated part of the community; we often travelled widely in a world that we had helped to modernize. Some of us contributed to science and technology; in addition, we are the ones educated to exercise freedom of thought and speech. We even know how to use English to express our ideas - and the language was so good that versions of it are still used world-wide.

So of course we must be discredited, disempowered, exiled, and shunted into infected hospital wards, etc. And ASAP.

Otherwise, we'll just keep on creating difficulties for empty, shallow, spineless puppets like Milliband who can't think, but are intent on turning Britain into whatever they think Never Never Land is.

Keith

Jonah must have offered something rather enticing to Millipede to ensure his support.