Ed Miliband

The stone slab that sunk Ed Miliband

The finger pointing among consultants, pollsters and the media ignores a fundamental truth, writes Jonathon Gatehouse: the Labour leader was a stiff

The U.K. election: Winners, losers, and trouble to come

Michael Petrou on the resignations, victories and conflicts that may lie ahead following Thursday’s vote

What’s cooking in the U.K.? Politics.

For the U.K. Labour and Tory party leaders, the family kitchen is an unfriendly campaign-trail stopping point

What the British do to their political leaders

David Cameron and Ed Miliband are interrogated

How Britain joined the war in Iraq

How the mother parliament settled on an Iraq resolution

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From the backroom to centerstage

After consulting with the Twitter hive mind, it seems the most comparable precedent for what Brian Topp would be trying to do is Brian Mulroney. Mr. Mulroney worked within the Progressive Conservative party before becoming leader. He, though, only won the leadership on his second try and that, along with his public profile in general, makes the comparison to Mr. Topp imperfect.

Riding the riots

David Cameron rides the riots

The British PM is promising to fix his country’s ‘broken society’—and Britons are listening

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On bullcrap

On the occasion of British Labour leader Ed Miliband achieving a state of talking point perfection, Charlton Brooker mourns the loss of both humanity and sanity.

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Brother vs. brother

David and Ed Miliband have been fighting for control of the Labour Party. One wants the party to keep reaching out. The other calls for a return to Labour’s socialist roots.