Politics

The Daily Briefing: Wednesday 25 September

Miliband's speech, short-term political strategy and McBride's Biteback interview

September 25, 2013
Ed Miliband invited voters yesterday to look at Tory Britain and ask “can we do better than this?”
Ed Miliband invited voters yesterday to look at Tory Britain and ask “can we do better than this?”
Behold, Ed Miliband’s new populism of the left(Guardian) Now Miliband has a set of specific policies, tailor-made to sell on his doorstep, writes Jonathan Freedland.

Voters remember what politicians forget (Times, £) You can’t change a party’s image overnight, writes Daniel Finkelstein; it takes years to change the way people think.

Ed Miliband unveils his route map to power(Daily Telegraph) The Labour leader invited voters to look at Tory Britain and ask “can we do better?” writes Mary Riddell. Now voters have to decide whether he’s worth considering.

Iain Dale’s McBride intervention If you haven’t see it yet, here's a clip of Iain Dale, the publisher of Damian McBride’s memoir, trying to prevent a nuclear protester from appearing at the back of an ITV interview with McBride yesterday.

The Kenyan attack jeopardises international justice (FT, £) The Westgate mall attack reminds the west that it needs Kenyatta and Ruto, writes Michela Wrong.

Great speech Ed, but completely unnecessary(Independent) Ed’s impotent rhetoric illustrated yet again that addressing the party conference is a perennial triumph of hope over experience, writes Matthew Norman.

Why no anger at massacres of Christians (Times, £) We have been transfixed by the Nairobi massacre, but why have other recent tragedies failed to move us, asks Rosemary Righter. 

The HS2 shambles reveals how our politics can’t cope with planning (Independent) Planning for the future is not compatible with the marketing imperatives of political campaigns, says Andreas Whittam Smith.

Germany’s strange parallel universe (FT, £) The eurozone is becoming a bigger Germany, but it’s far too big to achieve German export-led growth, writes Martin Wolf.

Blackberry’s fall is a symptom of technology’s new world order (Independent) The communication revolution is shifting power relations in the world economy, writes Hamish McRae