Anyone who thought that a change in Labour leadership would herald in a new era will have now realised that Ed Miliband is committed to supporting cuts and attacking the unions. Business as usual.
Conservative Central Office had other ideas. Their immediate spin on "Red Ed" was that he would be a "puppet for the unions." The BBC obligingly repeated this charge eight times in three minutes in its coverage of the leadership election result.
And "Red Ed"? That was the wit and wisdom of Rupert Murdoch's gutter newspapers. You will remember they used the same colour-blind nonsense in branding the pale pink politics of Ken Livingstone with "Red Ken".
And the Daily Mail is foaming at the mouth. So business as usual there too!
Derek McMillan
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