tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post8949620270075532606..comments2023-12-10T16:30:24.965+00:00Comments on Max Atkinson's Blog: Ed Miliband's tour de forceMax Atkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-27387531854421776222012-10-04T10:04:41.334+01:002012-10-04T10:04:41.334+01:00Thanks for this - which I'd be inclined to agr...Thanks for this - which I'd be inclined to agree with were it not for the fact that I try to avoid commenting too much on content.<br /><br />But you'll note that I said that it was the media who'd given him the thumbs up, not the mass of voters/viewers (most of whom wouldn't have been watching anyway).<br /><br />I sometimes get the impression that, after slagging a leader off for a while, the media suddenly decide that s/he's not too bad after all and they'd better strt being nice to them in case they end up as prime minister. <br /><br />I also get the impression that the commonest charge against new party leaders - that they're 'light weights' - tends to last about two years, so Mr Miliband was due for a favourable reassessment any time now.Max Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-48854982817452857342012-10-03T23:20:32.347+01:002012-10-03T23:20:32.347+01:00Personally, I thought his hands were very camp and...Personally, I thought his hands were very camp and didn't like how he put his thumb and finger together in order to point.<br /><br />Second, I found the speech as engaging as watching paint dry. <br /><br />The reference to "one nation" was too frequent. <br /><br />The whole concept of "one nation" at a time when we have devolution and one nation of our united kingdom is having a referendum on independence, is very odd indeed.<br /><br />Does this "one nation" Labour believe in scrapping the devolved parliaments/assemblies?<br /><br />I mean, its hard to talk about "one nation" when the constitutional settlement between the nations of the UK are far from being settled!Nichttp://priggy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com