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October 16, 2012 8:54 am

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Ed Miliband told MPs that:

“After three weeks of the party conferences one thing is clear: Labour has defined the central question of the next election – who can make us One Nation.”

“We put the Tories in a quandary. We got under their skin because they know if we define this election as a many-versus-the-few election they are on the wrong side of the argument.”

“It’s a stark contrast to the sink-or-swim society offered by the Conservatives, which is not only unfair but offers answers that won’t work. They have not changed themselves and they have not changed the country. They are the party of old answers.”

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  • http://twitter.com/tristanpw1 TristanPriceWilliams

    So, apart from the words…’One Nation ‘(which I’m told Cameron actually used) and ‘Sink or Swim, what actually IS different? because from where I sit, the three parties look incredibly similar. And I don’t see anything left of centre.

    • Brumanuensis

      Oh come on. There are fairly substantial differences between Labour and the government on a wide range of issues; this ‘they’re all the same’ malarkey gets on my nerves.

  • http://twitter.com/tristanpw1 TristanPriceWilliams

    So, apart from the words…’One Nation ‘(which I’m told Cameron actually used) and ‘Sink or Swim, what actually IS different? because from where I sit, the three parties look incredibly similar. And I don’t see anything left of centre.

  • http://twitter.com/tristanpw1 TristanPriceWilliams

    So, apart from the words…’One Nation ‘(which I’m told Cameron actually used) and ‘Sink or Swim, what actually IS different? because from where I sit, the three parties look incredibly similar. And I don’t see anything left of centre.

  • Hugh

    Amazing how many clichés he fitted in really.

    • http://twitter.com/waterwards dave stone

      But 2 + 2 still equals 4. Ain’t no other option to telling it as it is.

      • Hugh

         Yes, you’ve got to give it to people straight. No point in beating around the bush and letting the Tories steal your thunder. Otherwise they’d be hell to pay.

        • Hugh

           I suspect there’s a formula that would prove the number of clichés in political speeches is inversely proportional to the policy content.

        • http://twitter.com/waterwards dave stone

          “give it to people straight.”

          Now you’re talking my language. There’s nothing worse than the mystifying drivel produced by out of touch politicians trying to disguise their cluelessness.
          Your chap Cameron produced a notable recent example: ‘Spreading privilege’.

          No surprise that even the Telegraph was compelled to call a turkey a turkey and report how Cameron’s speech had failed to raise any enthusiasm from a hall full of Tories desperate for leadership.

  • Chris Davies

    Surely if our message is “the many vs the few” then that’s two nations?

  • LordElpus

    “Now you’re talking my language. There’s nothing worse than the
    mystifying drivel produced by out of touch politicians trying to
    disguise their cluelessness.”

    That really doesn’t leave a lot of MP’s – not really any point in taking the shoes and socks off to count them.

  • Alexwilliamz

    Hmm you have a point. Unless we end up with the paradoxical: this is what being one nation means if you do not agree and don;t want to be part of one nation then you will be the target. Kind of like democrats voting for a dictator I think?

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