Ed Miliband’s Today Programme Muddle
Ed M gives clearest statement yet on euro membership: "Britain's not going to be joining the euro, it won't be joining the euro if I'm PM"—
George Eaton (@georgeeaton) January 17, 2013
We knew that already…
That R4 interview suggests @Ed_Miliband is the David Beckham of British politics: when he talks, it spoils it.—
Fraser Nelson (@frasernelson) January 17, 2013
Ed M rather confusing on EU on @BBCr4today – "a more flexible EU" but not looser. What does that mean?—
Iain Martin (@iainmartin1) January 17, 2013
Ed hasn't got a position on a referendum. Might as well just say so.—
Dan Hodges (@DPJHodges) January 17, 2013
“@danielbyles: Nick Robinson on #r4today: "you asked EdM for clarity on a referendum, he couldn't give you that clarity"”—
Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) January 17, 2013
That was the sort of interview that makes people hate politicians #Miliband #Today—
Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) January 17, 2013
Disaster interview. Ed's been leader for 2.5 years and has no position on any major policy. We won't join the euro. Who knew?!—
Chris Wimpress (@ChrisWimpress) January 17, 2013
Miliband has very irritating habit of asking himself questions: And why do we say that? What's the bigger point? What's my starting point?—
Matt Chorley (@MattChorley) January 17, 2013
Interesting how @Ed_Miliband has adopted Govt's referendum lock as his refuge for all questions he gets on EU. Wasn't enough for Cameron.—
Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) January 17, 2013
So that went well then…
Yes but no but yes but yes but no but…….
Of course Ed is Pro Euro and pro greater integration, its socialism by the back door. The sooner we make our minds up about being in or out the better!
Why are we surprised? If he doesn’t understand economics, business and finance, why would anyone expect him to understand Europe???
Silly Mili has nothing to say, until he’s been told what to say by his paymasters.
only one party offereing an in or out vote.
all the others are offering a looser / more cuddly / slightly less subserviant / and similar referendum.
wonder why UKIP is riding high in the polls
UKIP MPs say they want a referendum but remember they are MPs , and MPs are the real beneficiaries of the EU .
Can you think of a group of MPs who thought they could say things outside of power then realise the reality within power & change the tune . Or do they really want a headline that get the in Westminster to then conform with the rest ?
They arent MPs, the are MEPs . UKIP doesnt have any MPs. It will take them many years to muster a majority in the HOC. I cant see Nigel loosing his £1,000,000 a year expenses either ! where on earth would the moron earn that sort of money in real life ?
…And he wants immigration that’s “fair for everybody”.
That’s one in the eye for those campaigning for unfairness.
Miliband is to clarity what Prescott is to diction.
Its hilarious that the fool who thinks Ed looks like Raymond thinks he has a hard time on the Beeb !The man is a joke, God help us if he was ever PM ! He makes David Cameron look like a genius !
We fully support Ed Milliband in his quest to be UK PM and will do all in our power to help him attain this goal – even if the country suffers as last time.
After all Labour have removed the crime of treason from the statute books.
“Cameron graduated in 1988 with a first class honours degree (MA).[41]“
1,000,000 east & central euros – excluding reproductive rights and illegals …
I’d like David Beckham to dig Frazer Nelson in his arrogant mouth for that comment
Who can forget the time Ed answered 6 different questions with the same answer, it was only last year. The man is an embarassment, and the union who swung it for him should be ashamed of themselves, what is their motivation we ask ourselves ?
Reminds me of Maggie Thatcher’s response to the question of Neal Kinnock.
“If he is the answer, then what on earth is the question?”
Miliband was utterly, utterly shocking. And this c.unt thinks that he could be prime Minister?
What commentators seem to forget, and despite all of Cameron’s current difficulties, is that as the election draws closer this weird twat will have to come out from behind the rocks and be exposed to scrutiny by the electorate.
What a complete and utter fu.ckuing useless big headed tosser he is.
Unfortunately, lack of talent does not stop an imbecile taking on the mantle of Prime Minister… Just look back to the last Labour Pain administration.
He’s a bit like a dog chasing his tail.
Or like a dog licking his own balls!
Or Ed Balls! Tother
And this muppet is possibly the next PM? FFS…
Nope.
Unlike many commenters and commentators – including on here – I don’t believe Schnorbitz has got a chance of winning.
It’s easy to knock the Gov halfway through one of the toughest mandates in living memory – which is why our lazy MSM do it, ‘coz they’re lazy.
Come election time, people won’t vote for an infantile, narcissistic little J, surrounded by hasbeens and retreads from the crew that led us into this mess in the first place.
But that doesn’t give Cameron a reason to piss about as he is.
my living memory is longer than yours by the sound of it.
i can remember the wilson-heath alliance to ruin the county
True – but I’m quite old enough to remember Michael Foot (raised in the same salons of Islington) being further ahead of Margaret at this stage of the cycle and certainly old enough to remember that berk Kinnochio being ahead of Major.
x100
I hope you are right
But Maggie had the Falklands to swing it her way.
Don’t underestimate the stupidity of large numbers of the British electorate, they voted Blair in three times!!
W.W.
Because, like Labour in the Foot years, the Tories were totally unelectable
What does ‘a little J’ refer to?
You wouldn’t be a racist bigot by any chance would you?
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Wrong.
Syriza in Greece polled 4.5% in 2009 elections.
In the 2012 elections they polled 28% and became
second biggest party. If you called an election today they would win.
That is why the political establishment troughers are terrified of UKIP… They know their greedy snouts will be removed from the EUs ample teat of unaudted cash.
If Syriza can do it, then UKIP can.
He will be when UKIP split the vote, just like 2010 only much worse.
Now that UKIP are above the Tories in the European election polls surely it is the Tories who are splitting the UKIP vote.
EU elections are not FPTP.
Ed Miliband still has a blank piece of paper.
Even my daughter would have crayoned something on it by now.
And me. I’m good with crayons
Aye, you are that Gordon, who could ever forget your Godron Bronwen letter?
Ed Miliband operates on the basis of one over-arching principle: opposition. This principle means that he feels obliged to oppose things he agrees with (such as asking for the repatriation of powers or a more flexible EU) and inevitably paints himself into a corner of pretending there are distinctions and differences where none exist.
He is, in short, an unprincipled, opportunistic and dishonest f*ckwit.
To take the biscuit, he seems to oppose giving the British people the opportunity to express a democratic view as to continued membership of the EU on the basis that – in his view – the result could seriously damage the UK. An “out” vote on a referendum would not do half the damage which a Miliband/Balls victory at the next election would do, but I do not hear anyone suggesting that the next election should be cancelled in order to protect us from the downside …
You clearly do not have access to the Grand Plan!
I like Ed, he’s pleasantly confused.
Miliband minor is not confused regarding Marxism, he loves that.
There is nothing pleasant about Miliband.
Eds muddle is that he thinks he is a politician.
Why am i saying this?
Why am i asking myself outloud?
Why am I a tit?
You are only keeping my seat warm until after the election bro.
Oh, it’s me again. Where am I?
Heard it in the car. It was HILARIOUS Mr Blank Sheet with his ‘Edenoids’ using many words to say absolutely nothing whatsoever, but in the style of Tony Blair, innit, gov? Brilliant comedy pilot – can’t wait for the series!
I’ve noticed he is doing the Tony Blair hands now…
Ed Miliband. The Seargent Shulz of Socialism.
” I know nothing “
More like Manuel – has difficulty communicating in English.
When these EU fanatics state “leaving the EU will harm Britains economy” why are their no MSM journalists to counter them & ask, in detail, why?
The German auto industry alone – Britain is a multi million pound account for them every year – there is no way they want a significant percentage of their export business subject to British trade tariffs if the EU imposed trade tariffs on us.
Referendum. In or out.
Or just join & vote UKIP.
The one that gets me is “leaving the EU would harm inward investmen to Britaint”.
Britain is a dynamic place to invest – always has been since we invented capitalism.
Leaving the EU will not change that.
Do we really need to be lectured by recycled Est European socilists & Cubanesque Amwerican Presidents on world trade?
We practically invented world trade.
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The EU is a contracting market and will be for decades, because of the job destroying ‘progressive’ policies of it’s politburo.
We have to free ourselves from it’s collectivist idiocy and strike out back into the world market place under our own rules of mutual trade and co-operation.
We’ll sink with the EU if we remain chained to it’s anti-free market, pro-rigged market stupidity.
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Quite right.
I do not see how for example exiting EU would curtail further Qatari investment for example. In fact, with the red tape reduction which would ensure we would likely see an increase in investment.
Agreed. China and India are the emerging markets. The sclerotic, dysfunctional, undemocratic EU is riddled with protectionism, mechantilism, cronyism and corruption. all symptoms of the cancer which is Socialism. The Euro has proved to be a strait-jacket for the weaker economies, allowing unelected, unrepresentative apparatchiks from Brussels to run Nations against the will of the people. If we’re going to sup with these people, let it be with a very long spoon.
“mechantilism” – a brilliant word to describe French duplicity in its dealings with the CAP.
Contact the Times in order to enter it into their ‘new words this year’ compo.
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Sandra, love. UKIP are third raters, just listen to Nigel speak, he always sounds pissed to me.
Third raters they may be, but that is still way above the 53rd raters of the rest of them.
W.W.
I’d rather be a third rater than a LibLabCon Traitor.
LibLabCon are traitorous greedy troughers… Nothing will change that.
Its time for change.
This twit will be voted into power by greedy public sector workers and other socialist “clients groups”. The country ruined again by a self serving fanbase installed by Blair and Broon and fed from the taxpayer’s nipple.
Sorry, our kids a bit of a mong when it comes to politics.
This country is just so fucked !
Fucked if clueless Dave stays in power
and
Fucked if little Ed gets in
God help us !
All those Oxford PPE degrees and not a clue between them. It would be better if we had leaders with at least some prior experience of working in the real world.
But nobody would vote for them – the ‘people’ demand nice looking photogenic politicians, and then moan that they have no substance or experience.
Elections are not a beauty competition, as the electorate of Hull East know very well.
Ray Romano is phtogenic?
Tom W and John P are photogenic? better get to Specsavers before they go bust.
43% would vote for this tit.
There is no hope.
yes there is hope – vote UKIP
yes, cos they’ll get enough MPs with their 3% of the national vote to erm.. oh.
3%?
Have you been living in a cave for the last 2 years?
In the six recent by-elections, 15,074 votes were cast for the party, out of that total electorate of 461,251. This means that the average poll is a tiny 3.3 percent of the electorate prepared to turn out to vote for ukip.
UKIP = fools gold
I’ll take fools gold over cast iron.
Delighted to hear the interviewer not letting him off the hook (for a change) Millitwit was talking utter cobblers. When he wasn’t talking cobblers he was evading the question. If I was interviewing him for a job and he answered questions in that manner I would have rapidly got to the “Thank you for coming we’ll let you know.” stage.
Ed’s blank sheet of paper never went away then.
Breaking News
Camelot to double the price of lottery tickets
now i thought the Gov still owned it ?
So we’re still “All in this together”
where the fuck has all the money gone ?
where the fuck has all the money gone ?
Ever heard of the Olympic games and Sebastian Coe?
Just another simple ruse to relieve all the Labour voting dumbfux to give away even more of their bennycash.
So the son of a communist immigrant – who’s father helped enslave Eastern Europe by fighting for Stalin in the Red Army, is tellin the British that we eed more EUSSR?
Righto.
With the public sector voter base, the immigrant voter base & the welfare junkie client groups the only way we will be free of the EU & Labour is with armed struggle.
I laughed at Millitwit’s statement that leaving the EU would send the British economy over a cliff. So where is the economy now, exactly? And who put us there?
Have you noticed the BBC never ask a Europhile to justify such statements.
Yet every detail of a sceptics deckllarations are picked over with forensic science.
The BBC fails on an hourly basis now – fails to show any imartiality. Every platform is geared up for the propaganda tsunami of anti-UKIP bile.
Welcome to East Germany circa 1971.
+1000 – it is infuriating the Euro quislings are never held to account for their stupid statements.
So just don’t watch if their progs are bad for your blood pressure.
By having good old Jim “When we win the election” Naughtie as the interviewer it was a sure bet Ed would be given a soft ride. Naughtie just another of the card carrying comrades in the BBC. It’s so transparent it’s pitiful.
Compare this interview with James Landale who stood in for another comrade Andrew “I did not father the love child after all and cancelled my super injunction” Marr on Sunday. Miliband was on the ropes because Landale challenged what he said.
be interesting to see how much of that furniture goes thru on the dwarf’s expenses…
It would be even more interesting if the rozzers actually did their job and arrested some more of the thieves in Westminster. I mean, it’s not as if you don’t know the looters are at it, is it?
Oh no – does this mean that the Burcows are now playing ‘location, location, location’ with a ‘pwoperdee portfolio’?
Expect this property to be flipped or used in some taxpayer-funded scheme by these chancers.
No, the Dwarf must have kicked her out
Furniture on EBay is very cost inefficient. Better head of down to Ikea.
Labour do better in the polls when they keep militwit out of the media spotlight.
Everytime he opens his mouth in public one is reminded that this was the naive schoolboy who made a pig’s ear of climate change under gormless gordon and has as much idea about politics as I do of aeronautical engineering.
Well unfortunately(or fortunately depending on your point of view)Dave is doing a really fantastic job of ensuring Miliband will be the occupant of No10 on the morning of 8 May 2015.
Speaking of climate change, seen this?
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/01/16/quote-of-the-week-hansen-concedes-the-age-of-flatness/
Nell! You weren’t on the Dreamliner design team by any chance, were you?
Just another treacherous wanker
Just another treacherous wanker
Ed Miliband was useless. Labour might as well have sent a toilet brush to be interviewed as it would come back smelling better than this.
And am I annoyed when he asks himself questions? Yes I am.
Now is NOT the right time for an in/out referendum or to answer questions on what Labour would do as the less they say the better the chances of them winning the 2015 election
Grock, It’s the only way he can manage a “sensible” conversation.
Miliband, Labour, Guardian and Beeb will argue in favour of staying in EU based on current agreements, prompted by the expectation that the EU will tear conservatives apart and see conservative voters drift to UKIP. The voters abandoning conservatives for UKIP is an enormous gift to labour given first-past-the-post as long as lib dems don’t lose too many seats.
The EU debate may be Miliband’s biggest gift and help him enter Nr 10! Expect Mili to shout continuously that EU debate will put UK jobs at risk.
What is the saying: better to be thought a fool, then open your mouth and prove it
It was the sort of interview where you just wanted to cover your eyes! The question, surely, is if this interview was prepared for – and it was – and if Miliband had been coached on his answers – and you know he was – what the f*ck would he be like if the interview had been spontaneous???
I listened to the interview,and conclude that this man,and his flakey brother,
are a danger to the future of our once beloved country….If by some strange
fluke labour win the GE,it would be like…”A dog returning to its vomit”..
May the gods save us from this hideous fate..
Vigilate et orate….(watch and pray)
Complete disaster – unlike many commenting on here I’m left of centre (cue hostility) but Miiliband and Ball are complete and utter twats. He thought he was Nick Robinson with his ask himself a question style, had no answers to anything and was utterly hopeless. Once the Romanian hordes arrive I’ll be voting UKIP if only to send a message to our cosy political masters that enough is enough.
Only 348 days to go!
Only 50,000 per month … excluding reproductive rights & illegals …
Waffling tosser, even Naughtie couldn’t help him.
“Ed hasn’t got a position on a referendum. ”
Thats not fair. He clearly has. Its on his knees with his arse in the air
That’s his position on everything.
Don’t we normally have an expert commentator on here called mouusa kousa, or similar? Wonder where he is today….
Teacher kept him in after school detention.
The ‘top’ politicians are all much of a muchness these days. It won’t make much of a difference whoever runs the country/parties.
We need some inspiration.
To be fair David Cameron and Nick Clegg are head and shoulders above Milliband,all the more so when you hear how biased the interviewers usually are with them.
What a little pwick ! Brazen, lying, laughable …