The dreams of Red Ed
Ed Miliband pleases his party—and possibly the Tories—with a radical lurch to the left
THERE was jazzy lighting, brutally loud music and screens showing Ed chatting, Ed accosting shoppers in a grey jersey, Ed looking pensive on a train. The Labour faithful, filling Brighton’s seafront auditorium with their blood-red ties, dresses and turbans, were revved up nicely for their marionette-like leader, Ed Miliband, on September 24th. As he stepped jerkily into the spotlight to give his fourth party-conference speech as leader, they erupted, mouths open in acclamation, eyes shining with love.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The dreams of Red Ed”
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