Speaking on articles that don’t live up to the billing of their headline, what do you think “First his brother, now Miliband’s at war with Balls” will be about. Could it possibly contain no quotes with any relevance to the headline, a flat denial that this non-story is true from aides, and much of the article being devoted to another topic entirely? How did you guess? You’re a mind reader today, dear reader. Anyone would think that the media had smelt blood and were writing whatever stories they liked or something.
Mass public sector strikes? They’re on their way, no doubt about it. The question is – how big will they be? The teachers are already striking, PCS are taking civil servants out too – will the big unions follow suit? Surely it’s only a matter of time.
And do you want to see some incredibly complex mental gymnastics? Have a look at this in the Daily Mail, in which Dominic Sandbrook laments the greedy doctors who nearly stopped the establishment of the NHS, and then attacks them for opposing the government’s current plans – whichy would presumably give them more power and money. Interestingly though, he attacks Cameron for spending too much time in opposition on photo ops and not enough time on developing policy, which may be of interest to Ed Miliband. Is your mind boggled? It should be.
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