The headline in The Mail on Sunday conveys a sense of stepping back in time on arrival at Gatwick: ‘Ed Miliband admits: I am a socialist.’ On the eve of launching his ‘Beyond New Labour’ campaign at the party’s annual conference, the Opposition leader told the press: ‘Yeah, I am a socialist…and I’m not embarrassed about it.’
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Nick Cater is author of The Lucky Culture and the Rise of an Australian Ruling Class (HarperCollins)
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