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30 June 2011

Ed Miliband tongue-tied on strikes

Awkward Ed gave a less than stellar appearance on the BBC when discussing today's strikes this morni

By Duncan Robinson

Ed Miliband thinks today’s strikes are wrong. I know this because he said so repeatedly during an interview with the BBC this morning. No matter what question the interviewer asked, Miliband began his answer with: “These strikes are wrong.” He doesn’t seem to have just learnt his brief, he appears to have swallowed it whole. His first answer is delivered with all the spontaneity of a six-year-old in a school play. Had he been asked his favourite colour or whether he is enjoying married life, his response would have been a monotonous: “These strikes are wrong.” Watch it below.

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