Voting in the 2015 General Election

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RE: Voting in the 2015 General Election

(06/05/2015 17:42)CX54 DKD Wrote:  I think Milliband is what will have caused Labour a major setback in this election. I personally find it extremely difficult to imagine having faith in him as a leader and I know of plenty others that feel the same. David should always have been the brother to lead but alas, that didn't suit the unions.

As probably the only forum member to have actually met Ed Milliband socially and in political forums on a number of occasions over the years I find the crude and hysterical character assassination waged over several months by the majority of the press very sad and wildly inaccurate but inevitable given the UK print media's obsession with image rather than personality and policies. Even Barak Obama has commented that he didn't get such a roughing-up from the Republican favouring US print media during his two campaigns.

Yes, Milliband isn't classic TV eye candy, but he has been very resilient in maintaining his key policy lines the face of a continuous onslaught from the overseas owned UK media about such political irrelevances as how he eats a bacon buttie, his 'geeky' appearance and whether he and his brother send one another birthday cards.

For all our sakes I hope will prove to be just as resilient in any post election horse trading. Just hope we don't have to repeat the whole exercise in the Autumn like back in 1974.