Far, Far Away from the Barricades

[steepholm]

It's a sad reflection, but it occurs to me that I cannot imagine any circumstances under which Ed Miliband would say of a strike (at least, of a strike in the United Kingdom), "This action is justified. The strikers have my support and the support of the Labour Party."

The closest I ever heard him come was during the student protests last year, when he said something on the lines of "I was thinking about joining them, then I noticed it was time for Countdown." But that was in his post-election firebrand days.

Comments

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Ah, no doubt it's the same problem that prevents him coming to the Big Meeting.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

"Diary pressures" and the scary prospect of being seen at the same event as Bob Crow, eh? Yet this is the same Ed Miliband who actually shared a platform a few months ago with Vince Cable, whose line on industrial action is that people should have to right to strike if and only if they never exercise it.

[calimac.livejournal.com]

It is a sad reflection, but it's also a sad reflection on more than one thing.