tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29958311.post7233081196423477691..comments2023-10-14T11:58:16.814+01:00Comments on Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats: Simon Hughes comments on the election of Ed Miliband as the new Labour LeaderAberavon and Neath Liberal Democratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744060533288571298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29958311.post-29958262456990115092010-09-27T18:21:52.780+01:002010-09-27T18:21:52.780+01:00Yes, it is simplistic to say that Ed Miliband is a...Yes, it is simplistic to say that Ed Miliband is a prisoner of the unions. But it is surely true to say that Derek Simpson & co, who strongly recommended that their members vote for Ed M., will press their case for special treatment as a result and that EM will have to be strong to resist them.<br /><br />The "deficit denier" label is not nonsense. It sticks to too many Labour spokesmen who confuse, out of ignorance or cynicism, the credit crunch with the consistent deficit financing of the last eight years. A senior civil servant at the Treasury has now admitted that he and his colleagues had doubts about Brown's strategy but failed to warn him as they should have done.<br /> <i> - Frank Little </i>Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democratshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744060533288571298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29958311.post-1464572715389141342010-09-27T01:01:39.169+01:002010-09-27T01:01:39.169+01:00Lost a lot of respect for Simon Hughes, repeating ...Lost a lot of respect for Simon Hughes, repeating the "deficit deniar" nonsense, making out it was Gordon Brown's personal boom and bust, and saying that Ed would have to lead in the interests of unions as opposed to everyone else who voted for him. <br /><br />He was the same at the conference. He could be any reactionary Orange Booker.Mikenoreply@blogger.com