Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader
Author(s): Mehdi Hasan (Author)
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Publication Date: 14 Jun. 2011
Language: English
Print length: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 1849541027
ISBN-13: 9781849541022
Book Description
Ed Miliband is perhaps the least understood political leader of modern times. This book reveals where he has come from and where he is going. It charts his unique upbringing, against the backdrop of tragedy and with a prominent Marxist thinker for a father. ED follows his coming of age at Oxford, his election to Parliament and asks whether the pressures of being Labour party leader are swaying him from deep personal and ideological convictions. But Ed’s story cannot be fully understood outside the context of his struggle to emerge from the shadow of his elder brother, David. Ed followed David to the same college at Oxford, into Parliament and into the Cabinet before, at the eleventh hour, snatching away David’s dream of the leadership. Ed Miliband’s political hero is Robert Kennedy but, unlike the Kennedys, the Milibands fought to the bitter end, rather than supporting one another. ED gets to the heart of the dramatic decision-making that led him to join that epic leadership battle and reveals the hidden truth behind the making of a Labour leader.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Macintyre and Hasan have penned the essential guide to Labour s new leader. –Adam Boulton
In this biography, based on interviews with scores of his friends, critics and colleagues, two of Britain s finest young political journalists penetrate far beyond the prevailing gossip and hearsay to provide an illuminating portrait of the youngest Labour leader in the party s history. Writing with verve and acuity, the authors provide the first authoritative account of Miliband s dramatic rise to power. –Jonathan Dimbleby
Well written and expertly researched, this book is essential reading for anybody wanting to understand either Ed Miliband or the modern Labour Party. –Peter Oborne
Exhaustively researched and written with unflagging energy … may prove to be the definitive account of the formative years and rise to power… –John Gray, The Guardian
Well written and expertly researched, this book is essential reading for anybody wanting to understand either Ed Miliband or the modern Labour Party. –Peter Oborne
Exhaustively researched and written with unflagging energy … may prove to be the definitive account of the formative years and rise to power… –John Gray, The Guardian
Well written and expertly researched, this book is essential reading for anybody wanting to understand either Ed Miliband or the modern Labour Party. –Peter Oborne
About the Author
Mehdi Hasan is Senior Editor (Politics) at the New Statesman and is a former news editor at Channel 4 News. He is a regular on BBC’s Question Time and hosts occasional programmes on LBC radio. He also contributes to the BBC1 Sunday morning show, The Big Questions. James Macintyre recently left the New Statesman, where he had been political correspondent, in order to concentrate on writing this book. He was previously a political reporter for the Independent and a producer on BBC1’s Question Time and LWT’s Dimbleby programme.
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