Ed’s inbox – June 10th

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

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

Ed Miliband is safe as houses, for now – Labour Uncut
By Dan Hodges

True story. Last party conference before Iain Duncan-Smith is sent to sleep with the fishes. His senior aide is approached by a delegation of Tory grandees. “It’s over”, he’s told. “This is Iain’s last act as leader. You need to help us to help him. We are going to do this properly”.

The advisor is told to station thirty loyal supporters at strategic points around the conference hall. They are handed a copy of key passages from his speech. As soon as the passages are delivered they are to rise and start applauding. The conference will rise with them. The crown will be set down. But with dignity. – Read more.

Blair’s elected EU President plan not as far-fetched as it sounds – Left Foot Forward
By Ben Fox

Yet again, an interview (£) with Tony Blair has generated thousands of column inches. It’s difficult to know whether or not his comments about the need for an elected European Union President have been seriously thought through, but they are striking for a number of reasons.

As prime minister, Blair often talked like a European federalist but only when he was outside Britain; out of office, he clearly feels comfortable to engage in some European ‘blue skies thinking’. – Read more.

Nadine Dorries: I don’t expect Tories to deliver on the NHS – Liberal Conspiracy
By Sunny Hundal

Conservative MP Nadine Dorries does not expect the Conservatives to deliver on the NHS.

Yes, you heard that right.

The MP for Mid-Bedfordshire was a guest on BBC Radio 4′s Any Questions programme this week.

20 minutes into the show she is asked about the NHS bill. – Read more.

Tories’ tree logo ripped off from Irish party – Political Scrapbook
By Political Scrapbook

After Scrapbook highlighted the BNP ripping off their scribbled heart logo from a variant of the Conservatives’ tree icon last year, political plagiarism returned to fore this week with a party from West Africa deciding to recycle Labour’s general election campaign.

However it would appear that the latest incarnation of the Tories’ branding also has a genesis that has hitherto gone unnoticed. Ireland’s centre-right Progressive Democrats, the minor party in Ireland’s government from 1997 until their disbandment in 2009, were using the scribbled tree logo as early as 1994: – Read more.

Don’t “Slutwalk” this Saturday – THE HONEYBALL BUZZ
By Mary Honeyball MEP

This Saturday the “Slutwalk” phenomenon that began in Toronto comes to London. As this is my constituency I thought it timely to impart my feelings on the subject. As a protest movement, it is one that has divided feminists (in that way not unlike many other feminist protest movements) and I have to say that in this instance I have to come down on the side of those feminists who don’t think that “Slutwalking” is the best approach to this issue. – Read more.

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