'Heading For Defeat' Warns Ivan Lewis

[HST Power]

The Shadow Culture Secretary Ivan Lewis has warned Ed Miliband that Labour are on course to lose the next election. This is being viewed as his most serious criticism since becoming party leader.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...is-Were-heading-defeat.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

According to Mr Lewis, Labour are seen as the party of the 'benefit claimants and immigrants', with Miliband only appealing to the core voters.

So is Miliband working for Labour, or not working?

 

[gordonthemoron]

political parties lose rather than win elections, so it's really down to Cameron

 

[Greenback]

One of the criticisms of Blair was that he had lost touch with the core vote and appealed only to Middle England, whatever that is.

I'm interested to see if Milliband can attract people to the party, who do not fit into the stereotype Labour voter mould, without losing the support of activists and the traditional working class voters, of which there are still many in places like South Wales.

Only time will tell.

 

[me123]

I've said that he needs more time. He's not really impressing me at the moment, but we need to give him some time. He's got a lot of wreckage to clear up, and he needs time to get into the job, time to sort the party out, and time to recover from 2010. However, I don't think he seems to be doing it all that well at the moment. Last weeks elections should have been a landslide for Labour, and although they did well in Wales, they should have done better in England, and the least said about Scotland the better!

I'm very anti-Labour following the shambles of the Blair/Brown years, but regardless a strong and effective opposition is essential to hold the government to account. As such, it's in everyone's interests that HM Loyal Opposition (whoever they may be) has an effective leader. And I just can't see that in Milliband.

I don't really think he will survive into the next election. Perhaps I will be proven wrong.

 

[Oswyntail]

Probably best for him just to sit back and wait. At present, the main opposition thrust comes from those in all three main parties who don't like the idea of coalition and co-operative working. If the government fails to make this work, traditional party opposition and leadership will suffice. However, if the government succeeds (as I hope and believe it will) the role of leader of an "opposition" party will change radically.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Shadow Culture Secretary Ivan Lewis has warned Ed Miliband that Labour are on course to lose the next election. This is being viewed as his most serious criticism since becoming party leader.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...is-Were-heading-defeat.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

According to Mr Lewis, Labour are seen as the party of the 'benefit claimants and immigrants', with Miliband only appealing to the core voters.

So is Miliband working for Labour, or not working?

I don't think that being such a high-profile face of the YES" campaign in the AV referendum won him many friends in the party and with Labour voters..

 

[Greenback]

Yes, ho now appears to be allied with Nick Clegg, who has rapidly become one of the most unpopular people in politics. Yet only a little over a year ago he was riding high!

 

[HST Power]

appears to be allied with Nick Clegg

I don't think Miliband is. His appeal to the Liberal Democrats was merely another pathetic little stab to try and gain some backbone.