There are apparently two Labour MPs who have called for Ed Miliband to step aside. That just two from Ed Miliband’s party are openly moving against him while some estimates put the number of letters calling for a vote of no confidence in David Cameron at 22 shows the difference in personality and practice between the two parties. Labour is markedly unhappier than the Tories (who don’t resemble sunbeams themselves at present), and Ed Miliband polls below his party, while the opposite is true for David Cameron.
Labour is not a party that manages to pull off pre-election regicide that effectively. For the past few years in opposition, it hasn’t even been a party where open dissent is that common. Even its vocal awkward squad who don’t mind the consequences of criticising the leader is smaller than the one in the Conservative party. There are a number of reasons for this.
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