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Wednesday 16 November 2011

30 November will test Ed Miliband's 'irresponsible, predatory capitalism' theory

The TUC co-ordinated day of action in defence of pensions which takes place a fortnight today will pose a bigger test for the Labour leader than the Con Dems writes Kevin Maguire in today’s Mirror:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/opinion/2011/11/16/ed-miliband-needs-to-strike-a-blow-not-a-pose-over-industrial-action-115875-23564592/

...how could Miliband sympathise one week with the guitar-strumming motley band of anti-capitalists camped outside St Paul’s Cathedral, then criticise carers, dinner ladies, council workers, NHS employees, teachers, Jobcentre staff and tax collectors rebelling at being asked to pick up the tab for ­banksters’ bonuses?’