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  Well I backed David, but I'm perfectly happy with the choice of Ed.
  
  I don't know why I'm surprised at your comments, Barry, but after years of whinging about "spin" I imagined you'd be the last to indulge in it. How wrong I was!!
  
  The idea that Ed doesn't have the backing of the MPs or members is ludicrous. Marek posted the results in full, so feel free to correct yourself! Ed is indeed to the left of David, but we're really splitting hairs here. Back to the 80s? You wish!! Both the Milibands were crucial to the New Labour project, as was Lord Kinnock who backed Ed to change the party once again.
  
  I spoke to so many people during the election and it was clear that the Tories had more support than in any election I'd campaigned in before. But don't allow yourself that false sense of security. The Libs were in meltdown, but then the TV debates made them look credible. Many Libs feel totally betrayed by their party, and a good proportion of them have now joined Labour.
  
  The momentum is shifting slowly back and if we can be neck-and-neck in the polls with a leaderless party, then just imagine how things might be in a few months time with an established leader and the cuts beginning to bite.
  
  "They have forced us into these cuts" just won't wash.
  
  Your one saving grace could be to attach some sort of cheeky gerrymander to the AV referendum.

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