Yes, it was a low blow by the Mail, but what would you expect from them. Having said that I think it was a valid story to run as anything that tells you about Ed Millibands background and upbringing is valid in order to try to get a better measure of the man. Similar stories have been run against other PM’s and prospective PMs. The same goes for all politicians. I don’t trust politicians of any political persuasion. They are all in it for themselves and their own political ambitions. They’ll all tell you what you want to hear just to get into office, then do what they want when they’re there.
I don’t trust Ed Milliband. He stabbed his own brother in his back to seize power, and owes the disgusting overpaid gobshite Union leaders a big favour for putting him there, so he wont think twice about shafting us once he’s in power. He wants power at all costs and will say or do anything to get it. Whatever information you can get about the politicians, the better to help you understand what’s really making them tick and what they’re likely to do if they get into power. I’d feel very uncomfortable with a Marxist as a PM.
I also can’t square the circle about someone who claims to love this county but hates every institution within it and all that it stands for – essentially the very fabric of the nation and what makes this country ‘this country’. How does that work? It would be like someone saying that they love their wife, but they think she’s an ugly pig, with a foul personality, and a horrible person. Clearly they don’t love their wife that much. I’m sure he was very grateful to this country for taking him in when fleeing from Nazi Germany (and he fought against the Nazi’s but not necessarily for this country), but that doesn’t necessarily mean he loved this country – he clearly wanted to change its very DNA such that it would be beyond all recognition.
So a valid story to run, but done in a pretty distasteful and nasty way.