Blairites target Ed Miliband
A diehard-Blairite plot to oust Ed Miliband as Labour leader seems to be underway, with the help of the media. Miliband has been weak; and that may tempt disillusioned socialists in Labour and the unions to join the chorus for Ed Miliband to go. That would mean lining up with a diehard-Blairite coup. The biggest problem with Ed Miliband is that, since he was elected as the unions’ favoured candidate against the wishes of the Shadow Cabinet and Labour MPs, he has been under very little pressure from the unions or the left of the party. He was always going to be weak; the lack of pressure from...