Why is Ed Miliband so content with accusations that he’s anti-business and a bit of a lefty? The Labour leader was grilled this morning on his relations with business leaders when he appeared on the Today programme, and while he did an adequate job of defending himself, he didn’t seem too perturbed by the questions levelled at him, nor the suggestion that his party is bleeding votes to Ukip. Why is he displaying such zen-like calm?
The reason is not just the Labour leader’s intellectual self-confidence but also because the former is a way of solving the latter. As Nick Robinson pointed out after the Labour leader’s interview, Ukip voters are pretty keen on politicians cracking down on big business.
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