September 29, 2010

Politicians Are Babies

By Michael Wolff

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In the UK, there are the Miliband brothers, David and Ed. Both brothers—who, by all reports, have been particularly close—held senior positions in the last Labour government. After the defeat of Gordon Brown, and his resignation as party leader, each Miliband brother decided he ought to be leader. David, at 45, the older of the two, and in government longer, was supposed to have the edge. Ed, at 41, was the upstart. It does seem obvious: We shouldn’t vote for anybody who would run against his own brother. No doubt this is what at least David, the frontrunner, thought...