The original EdStone may have been broken up and discarded soon after Ed Miliband’s 2015 defeat, but its memory lives on. In fact, the Conservatives have even managed to spin a tidy profit from it — auctioning replica versions to party donors.
So, last night at the Ivy Chelsea Garden’s champagne-fuelled summer party, Mr S was curious to stumble across an old friend. In the garden of the upmarket Chelsea eatery — owned by Richard Caring, the Tory donor — lies an EdStone:
Still, given that Theresa May has been accused of having a touch of the Miliband about her thanks to her energy price cap proposal, Red Ed may still have the last laugh…

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