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Miliband produces the bare minimum, but don’t underestimate him

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Ed Miliband did what he needed to do. In his speech he needed to show that he was not some demented left-winger, that he was not a tool of the unions and that he appreciates the need for cuts.

He did the first bit with his tone. It is very hard to depict someone as dangerously left-wing when they appear thoroughly reasonable.

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