Tuesday, September 23, 2014

MILIBAND SETS OUT CASE FOR LABOUR GOVT

The leader of the UK's opposition Labour Party - Ed Miliband - has been making his case to be the country's next Prime Minister.

At Labour's final annual conference before a general election in May, Mr Miliband has promised to make Britain 'world class' in ten years.

He's pledged Labour would spend more on health services in England, and promised to make the economy fairer.

But Ed Miliband faces an uphill struggle to convince voters he can be Prime Minister.

Olly Barratt reports.

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Ed Miliband was guaranteed support in the conference hall in Manchester but needed a strong performance to win over some of that unconvinced electorate.

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This wasn't a barnstorming speech.

Polling has Labour in front of the conservatives but Mr Miliband behind Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron in terms of his own leadership. 

If Ed Miliband is to secure a majority for his labour party here at westminster after next May's general election he needs to come out of conference looking, and sounding, prime ministerial.

His problem though is that as he delivered a speech to party faithful in Manchester, David Cameron was in New York meeting with the Iranian President and preparing for possible military intervention in Iraq.

It's much easier to look prime ministerial, when you are prime minister.

But Ed Miliband insists the Conservatives have done damage to the UK that must be reversed.

He says it's time for another Labour government.

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But Chris Rogers at the Whitehouse political consultancy says May's election will be difficult for Labour precisely because of Ed Miliband - even despite his standing ovation in Manchester.

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But battles lines are now being drawn for May's UK general election.



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