tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post2170175703257027295..comments2024-03-29T07:15:16.690+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: It's hard to criticise Ed Miliband for making common cause with the progressive bits of the coalitionJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-28938790844199250002010-09-29T00:05:34.600+01:002010-09-29T00:05:34.600+01:00I take your point, Cynical, although I dare say a ...I take your point, Cynical, although I dare say a great many members of the Blair cabinet who voted for the war (and subsequently maintained that public support) privately harboured doubts - who knows, perhaps including David Miliband himself. Yes, it's the youngest brother's immense good fortune that he was never put in that dilemma and can now have his cake and eat it, and yes the fact that he's done so is in a sense opportunistic, but I'm still very glad that he said what he did today. The symbolism of the leader of the Labour party telling his conference that Iraq was a mistake and being applauded for it was, after all those years of Blair and his apologists desperately trying to hold the line, quite a sight to behold.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-44864663853672876282010-09-28T19:02:07.162+01:002010-09-28T19:02:07.162+01:00I'll just give you this as the man speaks with...I'll just give you this as the man speaks with forked tongue, suprise not.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/briantaylor/2010/09/work_in_progress.html#P101271992cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.com