Thursday, March 12th, 2015
As Ed Miliband gets himself ready for tonight’s BBC3 ‘Free Speech: I’m Ed Miliband, Ask Me Anything’, his party continues to head for the brink of self destruction.
Not only have Scottish Labour recently caused embarrassment with the refusal to accept Tony Blair’s cash, but now several of the party’s MP’s have condemned the Labour leader’s decision not to rule out a coalition with the anti- Union Scottish National Party– who are predicted to make sweeping gains at Labour’s expense in May.
A report released earlier today revealed that many Scottish Labour teams are ardently opposing any talk of a backroom deal with SNP come May, when speaking to Labour voters on the doorstep.
This comes as Ed Miliband continues to deny the possibility of forming a Labour- SNP coalition, should his party fail to win an outright majority in May.
At a time when many pro- Union Scots are sighing in relief following the ‘NO’ result in September’s independence referendum campaign, Ed Miliband’s blatant disregard for the efforts of many ‘Better Together’ campaigners and supporters, further alienates him from much of the Scottish electorate.
John Mills, Labour’s biggest donor, yesterday announced that even a coalition deal with the Conservatives, would be far more of a viable option over the SNP. Labour insiders have also quietly signaled that Ed’s pitch of ‘vote SNP, get Cameron’, appears to be failing to win over undecided Scottish voters.
With this in mind, why should anyone want to vote for a party led by a man that thinks it’s somehow OK for to jump into bed with a party like the SNP- whose sole purpose is to destroy our much loved Union?
This isn’t the first time Ed Miliband has caused outrage over a possible coalition partner. In January, it was reported that Labour had been in quiet talks with Sinn Fein– the political arm of the IRA. The Northern Irish Republican party, who refuse to take up their seats in Westminster despite fleecing the British taxpayer of over £500,000 in 2009, deny such talks.
With the election approaching and further questions being asked over Ed Miliband’s leadership skills, tonight’s crowd will no doubt be kinder than many within his own party, north of the border.
Perhaps the audience might wish to ask him how he intends to lead such a divided party into Britain’s most important general election in memory.
