Would Ed Miliband really be a disaster as a Prime Minister?
For me, there has only been one truly disastrous post-war Prime Minister who clearly would never be up to the job - Alec Douglas-Home. Others had flaws and some made some terrible mistakes, but I think they were at least competent.
I don't think Miliband will be incompetent. He does strike me though as weak. I think he will rely on others to make difficult decisions for him. I think he would get through at least one term. He would be protected from significant challenge by virtue of that fact that he would be PM.
I don't think Miliband will be incompetent. He does strike me though as weak. I think he will rely on others to make difficult decisions for him. I think he would get through at least one term. He would be protected from significant challenge by virtue of that fact that he would be PM.
Would Ed Miliband really be a disaster as a Prime Minister? 232 votes
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A fair few in the media and on here seem more bothered about his appearance than his policies but I don't think being a good PM is dependant on your ability to look good eating a bacon sandwich, so I think he'll do fine if he gets the job.
Ed Miliband is a different kind of weak. I don't know if he'll be able to hold the party together, although they don't appear disjointed at the moment.
If he did only one term he might be all right.
Ed has taken tlhis obsession to a new level; he announced that Labour will eliminate the deficit, but he has no idea where he will cur public spending. He announced that Labour will control immigration, but there is no means of doing so.
The one thing he has done as a politician is to give us an insane energy policy.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/12/19/the-true-cost-of-green-policies-energy-prices-up-60-percent-by-2030/
If the alternative is keeping things just as they are, I rather hope we do find out!
The idea that David Cameron will make the judgement - and will then have to be stopped from proceeding by opposition parties - is disturbing to me.
Remember, the same sort of comments were made about Tony Blair before the 1997 election and look what happened
I disagree, As long as Ed Balls is anywhere near Labour's economic policy, Miliband is doomed.
Since he is a disaster both as a politician and shadow Prime Minister, then as sure as night follows day..........................................
Blair was one of the most popular politicians in history before the 97 election and Labour we're polling ridiculous numbers .
Miliband was less popular than Nick Clegg in a recent poll
imagine a tough talk between Ed Miliband and Putin......
......OMG, run!
OMG (again), Ed would have access to the nuclear missiles!
BTW, not convinced I would want Nigel Farage to be placed in the same situation either.
As such he'd make a terrible Prime Minister and alienate the entrepreneurial spirit that traditionally makes up the Uk population.
Cameron inherited a disaster. He has kept the ship afloat and started the recovery.
Milliband would set us back.
All the red team and blue team fanboys on here would do well to stop drinking the kool-aid.
Set us back how? Both parties are practically the same and have the same policies on deficit cutting.
Are you saying the markets are going to collapse because the next PM might have a slightly more nasal voice than the last one?