The Hill News

A Miliband is going to be the head of the Labour Party. No surprise there. But the big surprise is that it’s not the one who was ahead in the campaign or the same one who led the first three rounds of the vote before his brother slipped ahead by a sliver of a margin, helped by the trades union vote.

This was like watching the final shock scene from the film “Carrie”: The union bosses representing the dead weight of the past rose up to give Ed Miliband their critical support. It’s a shame, because Labour stands a good chance of winning the next election as the budget-cutting policies of the new government bite. I’m talking about 25 percent cuts across the board in government departments that will see the number of jobless rise, and a hike in VAT to 20 percent. Last month, the government posted the biggest budget deficit for August since records began.

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