ED MILIBAND -- BRITAIN'S HONEST ABE?

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Once again, Ed Miliband walks the talk. He writes to the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood; and says -- [Hey Woody, no more goody, goody.  Take the 'Sir' from that dodgy banker, Fred Goodwin.]

Once again,  shining honesty, of the Labour party leader.

It is at Goodwin and his ilk, that Unison and other unions should be venting their spleen.  Not against Honest Ed.

In a strange sort of way, Ed Milliband  may well become our equavalent of Honest Abe Lincoln, 16th President of the USA.  Abe of course was Republican.  Party affiliation aside,   Abe too, was tall, lean, similar in complexion and serious looking.  Looking serious is hardly a crime.  In fact, give me a serious looking politician any day.  When I see a serious looking politician, I see a person deep in thoughts about caring for their constituency.

On the other hand, I see a permanently smiley politician as someone laughing their tale off, on account of how easy s/he finds it, ripping off their constituents.

Incidentally, like Ed Miliband, Abraham Lincoln was a long time in politics before being taken seriously.  He was defeated in his bid for congress, in 1843, then elected to congress in 1846.  In 1854 he was defeated in his bid for Senate. He lost the nomination for Vice President in 1858.Then finally, in 1860, he was elected President of America.

Lincoln did not let America down.  It is highly unlikely that Miliband would let Britain down, were he elected Prime Minister. However,  left to the unions, we may never get to know.


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