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Re: Ed Miliband wins Labour leadership
Sep 29, 2010, 11:10
sanshee wrote:
Yeah, that Harriet Harman thing...

I'm not speaking about 'spin' though, I'm speaking about command.

Blair had that, the ability to look people in the eye and get all dierct on them. Shame he was such a fuck up when it came to 'other things'. Same with weasly Mandelson. Cameron would shit himself there and then having to deal with the likes of him.

I find that incredibly important for all sorts of reasons. Can get fried alive by Paxman and the like. It'll happen. He already punctuates sentences with 'look' a hell of a lot. He'll have to hone his skills, I think.

As it is, of course I'll support anyone whose job it is to get rid of the tories coz I detest them and always have.

Ed M is an unmarried dad for one which I find refreshing, so same set up as us in that respect.

That in itself could be a positive step away from the contrived importance of 'image and values' etc.

Have to wait and see I suppose.

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Aye it's very early days and only time will tell.

Remember how wooden and wobbly Blair's early appearances as PM in front of TV cameras were though. And he'd already won a General Election by that stage, Ed Miliband hasn't. I can remember at the time commentators saying how obvious it was Blair was undergoing presentation coaching because of some of the exaggerated arm movements and intonations he'd throw up every so often. Then he was really chucked in at the deep end with the full glare of the world media after the Diana's death in Paris, that seemed to me at the time a bit of a turning point for the way Blair came across on screen.

Anyway Ed's got alot of work to do if he's going to win back Labour voters regardless of his style. Just nice this week that his election has brought a small glimmer of hope after the disaster that was the General election to some of us disenchanted voters.
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