Where do I start

Oh dear Mr Miliband I'm afraid (in my opinion) you have a bit of a pratt of yourself.  First - 'one nation'. - you did the phrase to death and I would imagine poor old Disraeli was spinning in his grave, not least at the notion that perhaps you may not have been using the idea in the right way.  In fact, at one point I understood you to be saying that we are a nation divided in the form of people v the banks! I'm pretty sure Disraeli didn't mean that!  By the way, Disraeli was a Conservative (or a Tory as they were known!).  In fact, I think you were using Tony Blair as your inspiration as he too used the 'one nation' idea. I don't suppose either of you gave gave dear old Benjamin a thought.  In fact,  John Prescott apparently doesn't know who he was!

Second - you were proud to tell us all that in contrast to David Cameron's Eton education you were educated in a comprehensive school.  Well, that does not surprise me in the least.  What you failed to mention, when talking of your parents, was that your father was one of the 20th century's most famous Marxist sociologists - a contemporary of Eric Hobsbawm who died this week.  There is no way your father would have considered public school education for his sons!

Anyway, that's what  I thought of your speech generally -  there is much else I could say but it would just go on too long - rather like your speech!

er................do you geddit?











Too little too late
It's a pity that the revelations about Jimmy Saville have come out after his death both for the alleged victims and for himself . There can be no justice for the former and no chance for self-defence for the latter. It is sad when a popular figure is revealed as possibly being somebody so different from what we thought.

 

Autumn days

We seem to be lighting a fire everyday now even though it is sunny and reasonably warm in the middle of the day.  A friend arrived this morning in a coat and scarf saying she felt stupid because it was actually quite warm outside (she is English).  Maybe because August was so hot (42 deg at its hottest) that our blood has thinned!  The French don't seem to think it strange - it's Autumn after all!