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Ed Miliband's Labour conference speech - Twitter reaction

Commentators from across the political spectrum were impressed by Miliband's notes-free speech to Labour conference

Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky
While GMB and Unite leaders have praised Ed Miliband's speech to Sky News, Unison seem rather reluctant to come forward...
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:55:57
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Tim Shipman (Mail)@ShippersUnbound
Miliband, who usually takes 22 words to explain anything, has dramatised diff between Lab & Tory in 2 words & he's used Tory slogan to do it
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:55:00
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Jon Snow @jonsnowC4
Intriguing centre ground Milliband speech ;no green;no international: but focus on one nation education/youth jobs: Qantum leap on last year
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:53:22
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Mark Wallace @wallaceme
Good on Ed Miliband for doing his speech off the cuff. Sad reflection on our weak politics that it's so rare. #lab12
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:53:20
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Paul Waugh @paulwaugh
Mistake to think One Nation means EdM is trying to reoccupy the Blair centre ground. He's trying to shift the centre leftwards. V different
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:50:01
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Iain Martin @iainmartin1
Labour crazy to push this £40K cheque for millionaires line. It's simply not true. A balls up they should not have put in the speech.
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:45:38
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Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
YouGov's Peter Kellner: "The best Labour party leader's speech since Kinnock in 1985 and the most important since Blair in 1994".
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:43:17
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Nick Lowles @lowles_nick
Blue Labour has morphed into One Nation Labour and I hear #joncruddas is putting the band together
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:37:50
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Chris Ship @chrisshipitv
OK I've been nice about the speech. So can I now ask where was the economic detail?Or any detail? Lots "shouldn't do" Not so much "would do"
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:36:40
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Nicholas Watt @nicholaswatt
When David Cameron spoke without notes = clever clogs. When @Ed_Miliband spoke without notes = from the heart
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:32:21
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Iain Dale @IainDale
Undoubtedly Ed Milibands best big speech. But the question remains: Where's the beef? And what kind of PM would he be? Jury remains out.
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:24:02
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Patrick Wintour @patrickwintour
Give him extraordinary credit for delivery, and for a bold land grab on One Nation. Big debates in leaders office on whether to risk theme.
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:29:45
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Joe Murphy @JoeMurphyLondon
Ed M is ending. Brilliant delivery, superb rhetoric but mostly Labour's greatest hits under a One Nation flag rather than new thinking
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:27:34
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Tim Shipman (Mail)@ShippersUnbound
Too long and absent of detail but that is the best speech by a Labour leader since Blair in about 2004.
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:27:29
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Phillip Blond @Phillip_Blond
failure of the Miliband speech is mixing one nation with tired partisan stuff on taxes, NHS and millionaires - diminished the impact #lab12
Tue, Oct 02 2012 07:26:42
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Patrick O'Flynn @oflynnexpress
Overall verdict on Mil - a massive presentational leap forward but big shortcomings in content.
Tue, Oct 02 2012 08:09:39
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