A veteran writes: It is not difficult to be 'more personable' than Ralph Milliband - for all his undoubted achievements in the field of socialist writing.
Andrew Coates | 08.31.06 - 4:42 am | #

You found that with him too? It wasn't just that he took a dislike to yours truly (unimaginable as that sounds)?
Dave | Homepage | 08.31.06 - 5:41 am | #

'As one cruel but accurate joke puts it, Ralph Miliband devoted his life to making the theoretical case for the proposition that Labour has nothing to offer the working class. David Miliband has devoted his life to proving it.'

At the risk of spoiling the joke, both Milibands make 'the theoretical case for the proposition that Labour has nothing to offer the working class'. The difference is that Miliband junior thinks that that's a good thing.
Dr Paul | 08.31.06 - 7:03 am | #