Sunder Katwala of the Fabian’s predicted…

“Ed Miliband would face hostile media attention if he were to trail his brother among MPs and party members yet still get elected Labour leader as the strong choice of trade union levy payers and other affiliates. That would be enough to give him the electoral college 50.6 to 49.4 – along with a headache with the newspapers and the Tory party, who would challenge the legitimacy of a Labour leader elected primarily on union votes. While not impossible, such scenarios are rather unlikely…”