The Miliband siblings, or Deadwood as they might collectively be termed, gained significant campaign impetus this week in the Labour leadership race as campaign finances were declared and the biggest unions threw in their lots.
David’s campaign garnered many a headline, and not a few envious whinges from rivals, over two £50,000 donations from high-profile backers, taking his coffers over the £200,000 mark. The announcement revealed the growing gap in funding between the former Foreign Secretary and other runners, with Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott failing to extract any donations over £1,500 from wealthy patrons.
Ed’s campaign, meanwhile, received a firm kick in the right direction when the three largest unions in the country, Unite, Unison and GMB, jumped upon his personal bandwagon, adding three million members’ worth of weight to his ticket in the process.
Ah…Mrs. Mili must be oh so proud, but are Balls, Abbott and Burnham just being left to squabble amongst themselves self-defeatingly while Dave’s extra staff and Ed’s new patrons carry them off into the distance? Or does this protracted affair have a few more twists in it yet?
