Ed Miliband fires 7-word dig at Labour freebie row after MP accepted £30k cash
Labour should not offer companies meetings with ministers in return for cash again, Ed Miliband has suggested.
Asked if there had been any directions to ministers about paying back some of their own freebies, he replied: "No.
"Look, I think the Prime Minister is in a particular position because he's the Prime Minister and he wanted to send a signal that he gets public disquiet about these issues.
"And one way of dealing with that is to bring in new rules which is what he's said he's going to do, and I very much support that.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met an Ed who wasn't all there
He wasn't all there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...
With apologies to Hughes Mearns
3 comments:
"Look, I think the Prime Minister is in a particular position because he's the Prime Minister and he wanted to send a signal that he gets public disquiet about these issues."
Does he get public disquiet about anything else, Ed? Do you recall him mentioning bribes, two-tier justice, hypocrisy over education, giving away British territory, cold weather payments, or immigration? Come to think about it, Ed, has he ever mentioned your appointment and everything you've subsequently said and done?
It seems that it is too early yet to roll out the 'lessons have been learned' excuse.
Sam - "Does he get public disquiet about anything else, Ed?"
The answer to that appears to be no and the disquiet he finally responded to seems to be because he was told to show some disquiet about something or he wouldn't last long. I recall reading before the election that he is very intransigent and in his own estimation is never wrong.
DJ - keeping it in reserve I expect, or maybe it's even less plausible than usual with Starmer.
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