Well done Ed Miliband for speaking out about the Daily Mail's article on his father

[claig]

The Daily Mail used a low tactic of accusing Ed miliband's father of hating Britain.

I think it was a nasty thing to do. Just because someone is a Marxist and may criticise some aspects of the country or its instiutions does not mean that they hate Britain.

[TheHammaconda]

I am proud to be hated by The Daily Mail

toys.usvsth3m.com/are-you-hated-by-the-daily-mail/

[TheHammaconda]

or link

[AmandaPandtheNightmareMonsters]

I am hated too. I think it was question one that got me...

I agree. Ed has gone massively up in my estimation for dealing with this the way he has. I really hope he starts to find his feet a bit more. My instincts are Labour, but I have worried that they seemed very lost and underpowered recently.

[tombliboouun]

Go Ed! I for one will be voting for you to be the next PM!

[tombliboouun]

Ha! I'm hated by the Daily Mail! No surprise there then

[marssparklesdownonme]

But IDS claims Gideon and Dave behave like Ant and Dec, so not much to chose from there.No surprise that Gove is backing the press whilst tugging his forelock in direction of Murdoch etc
As for Boris, perhaps he's trying to keep his options open- if it all goes wrong in politics, he can always go for a permanent spot on HIGNFY.

[ProfondoRosso]

There's a rather amusing trend on Twitter right now in support of Miliband - #mydadhatedbritain. People are giving humorous examples of why the Mail might think their dad hated Britain. I added my own: my dad hated Britain because he said he wouldn't go watch the Olympics even if it was in our local swingpark.

Obviously my dad doesn't hate Britain. He's just a gruff (and lovely) Scottish man. But on a serious note, Miliband has reacted admirably to this. I don't know how the Mail dare bring up the writings of his father at age seventeen, written 72 years ago and can justify their support of dubious organisations during the 20th century as irrelevant 'history,' because it happened so long ago.

Go on yourself, Ed.

[marssparklesdownonme]

Amanda and HammacondaYes , I'm proud to be hated by the Mail too.

[BangOn]

bloody hell, I agree with Claig! That's never happened before!

[PetiteRaleuse]

I'm hated by them too according to that quiz. I think they hate me anyway

[niceguy2]

I'm detested....is that worse or better than hated?

[claig]

BangOn, I've never had so many people agree with me. I'm usually the lone voice of reason

[TheHammaconda]

Ed speaks to the Standard and gets a sympathetic interview. Isn't that part of the Daily Mail group?

[claig]

Yes, I think it is part of the same group

[niceguy2]

Has anyone seen this interview on the BBC News website here

One of the few times I actually think Alistair Campbell is right!

[MissM]

Hahaha! My favourite question was 'Michael Gove?' Although I accidentally pressed that I thought things were better in the old days so that may have gained me some points. Still came out hated though.

Claig, are you sure it's not that you've never agreed with so many people before...?

[tethersend]

Ok, claig's slagging off the DM and niceguy2 agrees with Alistair Campbell.

What's happening?

I'm scared.

[NicholasTeakozy]

Earlier, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt shrugged off the Mail attack on Ralph Miliband by pointing out that “he was no friend of the free market and neither is Ed.”

This is Jeremy Rhyming-Slang who is so fond of the free market he wanted to hand a massive broadcaster over to Rupert. And who undoubtedly agrees with bailouts for the banks. Heaven forfend them having to suffer the vagaries of the market. He's certainly not a capitalist. Well, other than a disaster capitalist.

tethers, it's like we've fallen down the rabbit hole isn't it? :o

[niceguy2]

@Tethers.

I know! All we need now is for Ttosca to come along and also agree and you know how wrong the DM have been if we both agree.

On virtually every topic we disagree. If I said the sky was blue I'm sure Ttosca would cut & paste an article proving it's not and if it is then it'sthe nasty Tories fault.

So the yardstick I use to prove that someone is utterly UTTERLY wrong is if we both agree.

[handcream]

I think if Ed uses an opportunity to quote his father he shouldnt really be surprised that his opposition looks at some of the other things his father has said.

Labour seem to have no issues bringing up the Conservatives background at every opportunity.

[tethersend]

I wonder what longfingernails thinks about it all?

[HesterShaw]

I have been squabbling debating with someone on FB about that very point today, handcream.

I think the issue is that it's not ok when anyone does it, and this was a particularly vicious example, from a paper who are for some reason rattled about Labour becoming too popular for their liking. They have stepped outside their remit. They are there to report news, not control public opinion.

This person I was arguing with said something along the lines of "I bet you thought it was ok when the Socialist Worker trashed Margaret Thatcher on her deathbed". Er, no I didn't actually.

[niceguy2]

Exactly. I was equally appalled when there was all the 'news' trashing Maggie after her death.

It's just bad bad press. We need the news to report the news. I hate how they are so partisan.

[garlicvampire]

The public wants someone who can articulate and realise a vision that the public's collective unconscious desires, and the public wants someone who has conviction in it and will turn over every stone to deliver it for the sake of the public. There aren't many of those people available - selfless people who believe in serving the public, not jokers who patronise and even insult the public's intelligence and use divide and rule to stigmatise sections of the population.

This is beautiful, claig!

I had a go at listening to Cammo's speech today. Turned it off because it was so patronising ... He really does think the electorate has a mental age of 7 and can be won over with 'rousing' clichés, doesn't he?

I, too, suspect IDS is thick. He's evidently a raging narcissist, like the other two (or three, with Gove, whose intellect I'd also query,) but it's not true that all narcissists are smart. Some are devious but thick.

[garlicvampire]

What happened to all the experienced & committed politicans? Any chance they'd hook up for a 5-year rescue plan, then we can vote them in to tidy things up, while the main parties get on with finding out how life (as differentiated from high finance) works?