Durham Miners Gala 2012

Ed Adds To His Tough On Security Credentials. Well hard.

Miliband is going to Durham because his spin doctors told him there might be some mileage in it in the aftermath of the bankers scandals. Working class credibility and all that. It's a barometer of how little substance there is in the new Nulabour Party. How are those on the left supposed to believe in this? Blair and Brown refused to go to Durham from craven fear of the Murdoch media. So much for them. Meanwhile Ed recruits Blair as a policy adviser and sends out 'blue labour' shills like David Lammy to fly a kite about Military Academies. I despair. Oh, and if you thought the alternative was any better, who do the Tories trot out to attack Miliband's attendance at Durham? That's right - Baroness Warsi.