Friday, June 3, 2011

Hugh Muir's diary (Guardian)

Time to sharpen up, says Ed. That's enough Twitter twaddle, says Dennis

? Like being savaged by a dead sheep, was how Denis Healey described an
assault by his contemporary Lord Howe. And much of the time this will be David
Cameron's reaction on walking away unscathed after yet another one-sided prime
minister's questions. But it won't be like that for ever. Ed's on the warpath,
and this time it's personal. According to an account of the last private
gathering of Labour's national executive committee, the leader apparently
agreed that it was time "for the shadow cabinet to sharpen its attacks" on the
coalition. Indeed, the gloves are off all round. Party members, he said, will
henceforth have "more of a voice, even if this was inconvenient for him
personally". A voice on strategy, and on policy, both being examined as part
of reviews led by Peter Hain and Liam Byrne utilising all of the media at
their disposal. Some will embrace these new ways. Some won't. Dennis Skinner
"had no patience with twittering twaddle", the circulated memo said.

? So that's Ed. Meanwhile, out of the shadows and blinking into the light at
the ...
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