Will Labour boldly go with ‘Red Ed’?

David Cameron has dismissed the Labour leadership election as a “Star Trek convention” with policy wonks battling out to go where no spad has gone before. That caricature has some currency (see picture, left). But as he’ll know, a deeper choice faces Labour. David Miliband may be the geekier one – playing Spock to Ed’s Kirk. You can argue that Ed speaks better human, that he’s more plain-speaking. But when he does speak, it’s worth listening to what he has to say. And his piece in the Observer makes clear why so many Tories want him to win.

He says he will “make capitalism work for the people” – who has it been working for so far? The government? He proposes to ration corporation tax cuts for companies if they up the minimum wage to £7.60