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Weirdest political interview ever?

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longfingernails · 30/06/2011 22:35

Red Ed says exactly the same sentence, in exactly the same words, in exactly the same manner, about 5 or 6 times.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13971770

It is downright creepy.

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complimentary · 01/07/2011 16:58

Claig. I looked at the interview posted by LFN on Ed Miliband. It was indeed strange. Would he have been coached to repeat himself? I thought not only was his repitition odd, but also his bulging staring eyes, peculiar. He looks like some is grabbing him by the 'meat and two veg' or more politely the testiculus, and his eyes are popping out!Grin
I have thought for some time that Ed Miliband may be mildy autistic, as repeating oneself can be a sign of that. www.articlebase.com 'symptoms of mild autism' I am probably completely wrong. Does anyone else have any takes on odd Ed?

claig · 30/06/2011 23:36

I thought you meant David Cameron. That wouldn't surprise me.

CogitoErgoSometimes · 30/06/2011 23:31

One quarter of voters look at a photo of Ed Miliband and think it's David... That's gotta hurt...

claig · 30/06/2011 23:25

'That interview should make all Labour supporters cringe.'

and make all Coalition supporters thank the Lord that Miliband is "all in it together" with the Coalition. The Coalition will be in power for a long, long time. He's the best opposition leader that the Coalition could ever have.

claig · 30/06/2011 23:09

He's what is known as a "progressive", a two-faced Janus-like chameleon, able to change colours frome Red Ed to Blue Labour at the drop of a hat, and whenever he is coached to fool the people and abandon the unions.

claig · 30/06/2011 23:04

' I assume he must have other qualities that fit him for his current office. I just can't work out what they are.'

the ability to sell the "movement" down the river with a straight face?

claig · 30/06/2011 23:03

"put aside the rhetoric", said with a straight face - hilarious.

He has been coached and keeps repeating the pre-rehearsed, tutored phrase in the vain hope that he might then actually believe it. He's caught between a rock and a hard place and is trying to have his cake and eat it.

He's "all in it together" with the Coalition and Lord Hutton et al., so he has to say what he has been coached to say.

The less he believes it, the more and more he repeats it and with less convincing vehemence.

It's theatre, he is playing his part and hopes teh intermission will come soon. He is part of the chorus, together with the Coalition and Labour's Lord Hutton. It's not over until the Labour acting troupe start to sing out of tune.

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longfingernails · 30/06/2011 22:59

Oh, he is totally bland (much the same as many other identikit politicians, Cameron included)... what I hadn't completely grasped till now was how much abnormally wooden he is.

That interview should make all Labour supporters cringe.

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meditrina · 30/06/2011 22:54

I find him generally unimpressive as a speaker (though to be fair, he's not alone in that). I assume he must have other qualities that fit him for his current office. I just can't work out what they are.

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longfingernails · 30/06/2011 22:51

No, it's real

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claig · 30/06/2011 22:48

Haven't read it yet. Is it like a Johann Hari interview?