The "Mr. Leader" conference speech...
- 3 October 2012 12:23194010I have read the text of the speech, and will give a link to that text, but I do not insist, encourage or ask you to read it. It's just there if you wish to read it.
"...I am prouder than ever to be the Leader of the Labour Party."
So ends the opening statement of this script-free speech, perhaps proving that he can read upside-down what is written on his lapel badge.
"Daddy, I can help you with your speech. ...Daddy [his three year old son said]...I want dinosaurs! "
His son was not to be disappointed.
It would be unfair to trawl through the whole thing, a little unfair on Ed, very unfair to you.
Much of what he alludes to I cannot argue against as they are many of the things I go on about myself. If anything he follows my line a tad too closely, where I rail against the policies carried out by the Party I've admittedly voted for in the past, he rails against the same without mentioning his part in it at all.
The conclusion, the crossing of the 't's and dotting of the 'i's, includes this...
"Friends, it falls to us, it falls to us, the Labour Party. As it has fallen to previous generations of Labour Party pioneers to leave our country a better place than we found it."
Which leaves, I guess, more than this 'T' cross.
http://labourlist.org/2012/10/ed-milibands-conference-speech-the-transcript/Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 3 October 2012 13:17194012Oh dear, Tom!
Somehow, it appears Ed Miliband, with this spoken speech, not pre-written, probably not even rehearsed, will come over as having spoken from the heart.
People will come to the conclusion that he possesses that which the Tories in Government do not seem to have: a heart!
Each millionaire in Britain will be receiving by post a £40,000 cheque as a result of the latest Tory policy, to impose austerity on everyone else, and send cheques signed by the Treasury to the millionaires.
Yep, my prediction that the Conservative party will steadily go down the 20's scale and hit the 17% popularity rating any time soon still stands. They have no change in heart, do they! (Have they got a heart of stone?)Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 3 October 2012 14:24194019``One Nation``........is better than ``we are all in this together``...`One Nation` uttered 140 years ago by a Tory leader...
clung to as birthright by Conservative Centrists since,now the property of a Labour leader. Apparently not just a buzzword but
to highlight a political holy trinity for both left and right; faith,flag and family....which is also the motto of the right wing
cornerstone group of Conservatives...It also stamps the belief that prosperity should be shared `fairly` and everyone has a
stake. - 3 October 2012 14:28194020i suppose the next step will be the blues joining hands and singing along to the red flag at their conference.
no wonder the public are baffled by the main parties. - 3 October 2012 15:37194030The 'left' as Reg shows always misinterpret 'One Nation'. It is not and never can be the 'property' of a Labour leader and you need only read this...
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2012/10/benjamin-disraeli-writes-for-conhome-why-milibands-one-nation-claim-is-chutzpah.html
...to see what Disraeli might have said about the matter and perhaps it is best left to that to explain more.
It should be noted that the 'left' (not 'centrists') of the Conservative Party were also wrong to seize on this for themselves. - 3 October 2012 16:17194036Howard, I can see many Tory supporters abandoning the dinosaurs, as they realise we're not treated as one Nation, nor are we all in it together. The Blues in power have opted for a class society, they've painted it all over the walls, and on this damning wall-fresco, there is only one class that counts!
Dinosaurs who eat people, as part of Ed's speech, was probably an allusion to what even children can see!!!
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - Keith Sansum1
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3 October 2012 16:30194044Funny our barryw now says eds wrong for the one nation speech, and adds factions of his own party were wrong to make this claim, but didnt say anything at the time when the conservative fringes were making these claimsALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 3 October 2012 17:09194070Keith - you remember as far back as the late 70's and early 80's?
Simple dividing lines then have no relevance now. Stick to making your own comments without falsifying other people's - 4 October 2012 00:23194126To 'young New Labour' supporters...
"...this is five easy steps to general election victory.
"First easy step is: stay united, disciplined and united. That is absolutely imperative for us as a party and I know we will. Secondly, keep taking the fight to the Tories and Lib Dems.
"Thirdly, show people how we are going to change the country. That's what we have done this week. Fourthly, we show how we how we are going to change this country profoundly.
"Final thing, spirit of the country. Incredibly important. Somebody said in shadow cabinet a few months ago that we talk about programmes and policies but we don't talk about the spirit of the country.""
From..
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/miliband-back-one-nation-vow-031302426.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - Keith Sansum1
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4 October 2012 12:29194177Barryw;
we still have one more stage managed conference to go, all hype, very little detail
its the wider audience out there where it matters, most people are fed up with ALL politiciansALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 5 October 2012 00:33194321Keith, we need a new Constitution. The old Establishment is coming to an end.
The new era will be based on Constitution and Democracy.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 5 October 2012 00:39194322To begin with, this new Constitution, in order to be credible, cannot start with:
a private family is head of the State, a private family is head of the Government, a private family is head of the Church...
I suppose various parties will eventually see this as inevitable.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 5 October 2012 01:52194325Alexander, no cheques will be written to any millionaires. The tax cut does not benefit millionaires, only those earning more than £1m per year...it is not a tax on wealth, it is called income tax because it is a tax on income and no cheques because the govt is not paying out but allowing people to keep a bit more of their own earnings.
- 5 October 2012 05:14194329Thank you Neil - quite true. It is also true that the higher tax rate does not generate more income for HMRC and that is what is important. It would be better to reduce the highest rate of tax to 37p instead of the 47p rate proposed (we have to include NI as that is an income tax). This rate will be the more successful increasing the revenue HMRC receive.
Even better would be lower simpler flat taxes.