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So come on fess up, who else didnt realise there were 2 Millibands until last week?

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nighbynight · 15/05/2010 16:48

My excuse is that I dont live in the UK, and I can never tell people apart anyway, they look identical to me.

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mememe30 · 15/05/2010 21:35

I had no idea there was more than one. I don't have the defence of not living in the uk either. I do live in Bucks though. The county of the conservatives!!! They both look sooooooo smarmy!!!

Ponders · 15/05/2010 21:33

I knew he was supporting DM but why??? I heard Shirley Williams suggesting AJ the other day & it made perfect sense...I'm not sure either Miliband does

complimentary · 15/05/2010 21:30

OMG. David Milliband/brother are bad enough, and more from where he came from,{cringe} how many more?............

claig · 15/05/2010 21:25

Alan Johnson is supporting David Miliband. I think they all know that the writing is on the wall and that David Miliband is the chosen one. That's why I think that Harriet Harman is not standing either.

TeamEdward · 15/05/2010 21:10

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Ponders · 15/05/2010 21:05

why isn't Alan Johnson standing? (Is he being one of those stalking horses?)

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nighbynight · 15/05/2010 20:55

dittany, that was a joke, I just forgot the smiley face!

Its kind of weird - who knows what else is lurking out there?
Two Tony Blairs, perhaps?
Multiple Mandelsons?

the mind boggles.

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dittany · 15/05/2010 20:10

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mnistooaddictive · 15/05/2010 20:07

I found out todat that their father was the neo-marxist thinker and writer Ralph Miliband. Apparently the communists in this country are gutted that the brothers are so right wing!

dittany · 15/05/2010 19:51

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Shaz10 · 15/05/2010 19:50

puts hand up

I'm glad I'm not the only one! In my defence I couldn't name many of the other Labour party members either...

claig · 15/05/2010 19:48

thanks brogan2, I thought that might be the case. He is slowly growing on me. He is so clever, I think he would run rings around Cameron and Clegg. But the Labour party and the public are not too keen on him.

brogan2 · 15/05/2010 19:45

Claig, he isn't an MP, he's in the Lords so he couldn't be PM.

KurriKurri · 15/05/2010 19:39

I spent about half an hour on the phone last night trying to convince my mother there are 2 Milibands. I think she thought she was seeing the same person from a different angle.

Of the 2 I prefer Ed. but would prefer neither to win.

claig · 15/05/2010 19:25

Could Mandelson still stand as leader, or is that an impossibility under Labour party rules?

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nighbynight · 15/05/2010 19:20

dittany - we are talking about the Conservatives here, arent we?

said - they are just a universal breed of "hack" - they could be tories or labour - they give the impression that they are always looking over your shoulder to see if somebody more worth hacking is coming along.
Tory equivalent is Michael Gove.

My impression of Ed M (based on a few minutes of observation lol) was that he is v bright and v ambitious, and somehow untouched by real life. He should be more laid back though, it aint cool to be so nakedly ambitious! Makes him look like a 21 year old student union hack. I hope thats constructive criticism!

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longfingernailspaintedblue · 15/05/2010 19:19

David Miliband is a coward.

He was involved in all the Gordon Brown coup plots, but didn't have the guts to actually go public, unlike James Purnell.

Whatever party the PM is from, I want them to be men and women with guts.

David Miliband is a snivelling yellowbelly.

He has also annoyed countless countries of the future (especially India) during his time as Foreign Sec.

Don't have an opinion one way about Ed Miliband, other than the fact he is hopelessly naive and accomplished absolutely nothing during his time as a Minister.

The best outcome for Labour would be Harriet Harman or Andy Burnham.

The best outcome for the country would be Ed Balls.

dittany · 15/05/2010 19:00

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LostArtOfKeepingASecret · 15/05/2010 18:59

I didn't realise we were lucky enough to have more than one Miliband brother until about two weeks into the election. I just thought he got around a bit.

I didn't know that Yvette Cooper was married to Ed Balls either. But thats sort of understandable who'd be daft enough to marry that twonk

said · 15/05/2010 18:48

Why are the Milibands apparently so disliked? Genuine question. Have they done something unspeakable that I've missed? Ed seems ok to me...

Hillary Clinton must be gutted that she has to deal with Hague now

TarkaLiotta · 15/05/2010 17:53

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longfingernailspaintedblue · 15/05/2010 17:21

I hope Labour choose Ed Balls as their next leader.

Prolesworth · 15/05/2010 17:20

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PfftThePinkoLeftyDragon · 15/05/2010 17:15

at voulez and your DH - the thought that there woudl be two similar looking men out there both with the surname Miliband and it would just be a coincidence......

Ed is more preferable I think, David has lego hair.