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Miliband says 'SORRY' over Sun picture.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27829958
Then why pose for the picture in the first place? Why was it OK then but not now?
Then why pose for the picture in the first place? Why was it OK then but not now?
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Possibly because he didn't realise promoting English football via the Sun newspaper would offend so many people ?
Would you say this demonstrated poor judgement by someone who wants to be prime minister?
Seriously though I'd have respected him more if he had resisted the temptation to buckle. The people of Liverpool have the right to their feelings in this matter but they have no right to impose those feelings on everyone else.
The Sun is a rag IMO but the only thing Milliband did wrong here was buckling at the first hit of any pressure. That's hardly a trait that inspires confidence in a potential prime minister in waiting.
His knee-jerk apology just makes him look weak.
Perhaps I'm simply hard to offend.
Millions of people read it every day - its not that they are unaware of Hilsborough its just that they don't hold a grudge for some accusations made in several different papers from 25 years ago.
Buy it or don't buy it, but no-one should dictate to others what they can do.
That's quite out of step with modern political thinking.
It's certainly out of step with this forum's thinking.
What a %$^&**#!
Ok i'll change that to no-one should tell anyone else what newspaper they can read
you are absolutely right.
cough**points at liverpool posties**cough.
How many more home-goals has the Labour Party got to absorb from this man who can't work out which way is up?
I sometimes wonder if it's an elaborate practical joke that this moron's in with a shout of becoming PM next year...
Then today he sunk back down. He must have realised that he was going to lose the liverpool vote. that doesn't fit in with his ideal of trying to please all of the people all of the time. The man is an empty void. He is nothing and stands for nothing. This country has had more than it's fair share of empty suit politicians already.
It doesn't offend me. I received a copy of the paper and put it straight in the paper recycling basket. Not because it was the Sun or because Miliband featured. Simply because I find freebies advertising something (in this case the world cup) patronising and a waste of time and money.
Miliband wouldn't understand that. He thinks: 'Ah, 'The Sun', big circulation, must be part of it, good for the Party'. He didn't even understand the nuances of the Sun's history and those in Liverpool who are so easily offended.
If someone looks like a prat, speaks like a prat, and acts like a prat, the chances are he is a prat, and hopefully will never become Prime MInister of Great Britain (and N.I.).
Mine went straight into the bin. I can't believe how trashy and flimsy the paper was.