Ed’s inbox – April 22nd

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he’d read these ones…

The real Labour lie on immigration – Labour Uncut
By Atul Hatwal

David Cameron’s speech on immigration last week sparked a predictably incoherent response from Labour.

The official line was to not have a line on what Cameron was talking about. Nor was it to have a line on Vince Cable’s response.

Instead, Labour just talked about there being a government split. While several elephants trampled around Labour’s room. Did the party agree with Cameron? Or Cable? Did it want to defend its record? – Read more.

Labour’s secret weapon? Gordon Brown to rescue Scottish campaign – Political Scrapbook
By Political Scrapbook

A poll showing an 11-point polling deficit following news that the Sun giving its backing to the SNP has caused something of a Brown trousers moment for Labour strategists in Scotland – but not in the way you might think. While his dour demeanour may do him few favours south of the border, Gordon Brown remains one of the Scottish Labour Party’s strongest electoral assets. – Read more.

The Insider – Progress
By The Insider

One of the 2010 intake’s brightest stars is causing a bit of a headache for the Labour high command. Chuka Umunna, a political high-flyer since his adoption as a parliamentary candidate, is making a bigger splash than most of the shadow cabinet, collecting glowing newspaper profiles and media appearances, and, just as inevitably, a collection of disgruntled colleagues.

Yes, some of it is the green-eyed monster, but look at this way. You’re an ambitious Labour MP. – Read more.

Confused Cameron contradicts No campaign on “decisive result” of FPTP – Political Scrapbook
By Matthew Zarb-Cousin

Despite working in the Treasury on Black Wednesday, David Cameron has decided that now is the time to attack John Major’s government, calling it, erm, “bad”. In making the case for maintaining First Past The Post, Cameron has insisted:

“In 1997 the country needed change. It was a decisive result.” – Read more.

How food shortages will bring more global unrest – Liberal Conspiracy
By David Malone

It’s not often that one can look into the future and say with some degree of certainty what is going to happen and where.

Thanks to a just released World Bank/IMF report, I think we can say the social and political upheaval that has swept from Tunisia and Egypt to Iran, Sudan and Syria, and which has been, at least in part, fueled by spiralling food costs, is going to intensify and spread to new countries. We can even, I think, hazard an informed guess as to which countries will be next. – Read more.

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