What part of 'English voters for English laws' and 'he was completely silent' is hard to understand ??He is not taking questions and, on the question of whether Labour supports change along the lines of the “English voters for English laws” plan proposed by David Cameron, he was completely silent.
They hate him don't they & I just wish they had the balls to come out & say so !
Away from the Graun, the Times Red Box email today has this rather good comment:
https://times-deck.s3-eu-west-1.amazona ... 2e1ca.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Brown, Murphy and Darling take the honours
Ed Miliband spent most of the final days of the campaign in Scotland after polls suggested the possibility of defeat. The outcome might have dashed any chances he had of forming a majority government.
But whenever he does his reshuffle he owes a promotion to Jim Murphy, who was demoted to shadow international development secretary in the last shakeup but has played a key role. Indefatigable and passionate Murphy, the most prominent Blairite left at the top of Miliband’s party, took the fight to the separatists, managing to get himself pelted by eggs. That enabled him to be first to draw attention to the “intimidatory tactics” of his opponents.
Gordon Brown has had an astonishing resurgence. Red Box revealed this week that his calls were not always taken when he tried to warn London that the campaign was not going well. But his barnstorming speeches late in the battle, recalling a Brown of earlier years, must have brought thousands of Labour votes back from the SNP fold. Brown himself is back, and you wonder whether he will stand for the Scottish parliament as he has hinted. If so, it would not be long before he became the Labour leader there.
And Alistair Darling was the first to be congratulated by the PM this morning. He was criticised after Salmond beat him in the second TV debate. But he was praised for his overall performance. His carefully delivered warnings about the economic risks of separation may have helped to turn things.
Salmond can also claim to be a winner. He certainly won the campaign and secured a whole series of extra devolved powers. But he did not look like a winner this morning.
@ Willow, hi & I echo the others in saying it's good to see you over here.