Dr Miliband finally trusts his instincts and prescribes socialism to make Britain better

For three years, though we’ve been told all about who Ed Miliband is, we’ve often wondered whether we’re getting his real thoughts when he speaks. The Labour leader has often given the impression that he doesn’t trust his instincts, that he thinks that he should be speaking from the centre ground rather than as ‘Red Ed’, and that his forays into tougher welfare and immigration policies are things he’d rather not do. But today the Labour leader decided to embrace what he truly believes in: big government. Big socialist government.

He announced price controls – ‘if we win the election in 2015 the next Labour government will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 2017’ – and a ‘use it or lose it’ planning policy that seems to include beefing up compulsory purchase orders.