I certainly agree with not liking it and David Cameron was one of the worst for taking a single issue and battering Gordon Brown with it (have an election, etc). To give David Cameron his due, he has gone pretty far in renouncing his relationship with Andy Coulson and given the hacking enquiry a pretty large remit. But I think Ed Miliband's calls of too little too late do ring a little true as it's clear this has been known for some time. However, I think it could ultimately backfire as the Labour government of the time will no doubt be implicated in certain parts of the story as some of this went on while they were in power.Sput wrote:He's the opposition leader. It's what they DO. Had the shoe been on the other foot Cameron would have been doing the exact same thing. I don't like it and I had no idea the roles reversed so readily but my eyes were opened last year!all new Phil wrote:One thing I'm getting particularly fed up of is bellend Ed Milliband popping up at every opportunity and saying how "people are outraged" etc etc and trying to take the moral high ground. I think he is seriously overplaying the amount of "anger" out there because, to be honest, I don't think that many people give a shit.
Having said that, Ed Miliband pretty much had to seize this opportunity and take the moral high ground. Unfortunately he's not had many chances to do this and while it may not have increased his standing in the public's eyes he has reflected their mood which has seen a drop in Conservative support in some of the polls. We are however a fickle bunch so one we get round to the state opening of Parliament, the situation could be very different.
Now that parliament is in recess, the story will die down for a while until the hacking probe uncovers more concrete evidence.
