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The Milibandwagon: Ed or David? David or Ed?

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policywonk · 01/12/2009 21:28

There's only one way to settle this, and that's with a hormonally-influenced barney on a mothers' talkboard.

I like a lot of what I've heard about Ed, but can't help thinking that he could do with more than one term in Parliament before people stuff him into the leadership (and from what I've read that's what he thinks too). David... I'm a bit, y'know, disappointed with all the torture and that

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gizmo · 02/12/2009 20:53

Frankly they will both be a great deal more convincing with a few years under their belts. My instinct is that David may be first to the leadership, but that is going to be a poison chalice for the next 5 years. I see Ed as a more credible leader of the country, given a few years in opposition to mature him.

justaboutisfatandtired · 02/12/2009 20:39

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policywonk · 02/12/2009 19:37

100x - yes you must CHOOSE

Good points Wilf. Think you're right about the danger of it all becoming an amusing media bunfight without much substance. Ed's mannerisms can be very Blairish. I like to think he's not Blairish in outlook but I don't have a great deal to base that on (although I do like the fact that he has talked about the Marxist theory behind the crisis of capitalism).

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TheCrackFox · 02/12/2009 19:32

I find them both unbearable TBH.

duckyfuzz · 02/12/2009 19:29

I prefer Ed, he seems more 'human' and genuinely genuine... plus I think David looks a bit like Cherie

WilfSell · 02/12/2009 19:25

Anyhow, they could be DavWard? Edvid? Seemed to work quite well recently and keeps the subs happy?

WilfSell · 02/12/2009 19:24

There is a smattering of anti-intellectual stuff in the unravelling of David though. I think he suffers from being attractive and, as the piece says, abstract. Nothing wrong with that. I think he was over-confident in his veiled critique of Brown earlier in the year. He hadn't done enough of note. So he became seen as a dull poster-boy upstart.

Ed is now seen as having more substance - maybe that it true. But I worry that it is the voracious papers again, wishing for Tony's geniality again (for which read: the cult of personality) instead of policies and ideas. I dunno. I like Ed. And I also like Johnson (for some similar reasons about their ability to communicate). And David can be dull.

I will await the pre-election catfight with interest.

ahundredtimes · 02/12/2009 19:15

Is it definitely either / or? Just checking

justaboutisfatandtired · 02/12/2009 19:10

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