Michael Dugher was until recently Ed Miliband’s PPS, he wants to be “Ed’s Mandelson“ and is clearly keen on enforcing “the line”. However implausible it may be.

https://twitter.com/#!/PeterHain/status/147246904655351808

Yesterday’s Post-PMQs collective head-in-hands moment by the left-wing commentariat really has upset the dwindling Miliband true-believers. LabourList editor Mark Ferguson, who yesterday implicitly called for Ayesha Hazariki to be sacked (PMQs Verdict: Cut the Gags, Ed), is only reflecting what the Labour grassroots are saying in private. According to YouGov only 8% of Labour voters think Ed Miliband is a natural leader. Enforcing New Labour style discipline on propaganda isn’t going to change that fact.