Miliband will not lead Labour to victory, top Blairite warns

Charles Clarke, a leading figure on the Blairite wing of the party, said that Labour had “no narrative”
Charles Clarke, a leading figure on the Blairite wing of the party, said that Labour had “no narrative”
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Ed Miliband is a worse leader than Neil Kinnock and will fail to win the general election, a former Labour cabinet minister has warned.

Charles Clarke, a leading figure on the Blairite wing of the party, said that Labour had “no narrative” and had not “set out clearly” how it would control Britain’s finances. It came as a poll by ICM revealed that Labour had lost its lead over the Conservatives, with the Tories at 34 points and Labour on 33 points. However, a poll by the Tory peer Lord Ashcroft still showed Labour four points ahead.

Mr Clarke, who served as Mr Kinnock’s chief of staff in the 1987 and 1992 general elections, told the Huffington Post that the former Labour leader had far