UK Post-Election Analysis

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Blaming the leader seems like a shallow exercise by people unwilling to look deeper.

A good comparison is the Canadian Liberal Party. Sure Dion and Iggy were viewed as bad 'leaders' in the eye of the public, but it's clear the party's issues stem far deeper than the public presentation, which is why even when that face became sexier and younger; people are still turning from the Liberal Party.

In my case, I see no real difference in presentation between either Miliband. Both are kind of goofy oddballs, significantly curious enough to invite embarassing ridicule. People naturally gravitate towards what they can't have (which is why prematurely dead politicians normally are sanctified as 'the best PM we never had!!') so whichever brother became leader people would be shaking their heads and say 'omg the wrong brother won'.

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"Would a David Miliband-led Labour Party be heading for victory next year, rather than the close contest that seems likely? Very possibly, but we can’t be sure. Voters’ judgements about Ed are based on his performance; their views about David are based on a hypothesis. Had he won back in 2010, he would have had to grapple with many of the same problems as Ed: reviving Labour’s reputation for economic competence, navigating the tricky politics of recession and recovery, and holding together a Labour Party that has historically been fractious after losing power. We can’t be certain how well he would have done. (It’s worth remembering that David, a committed advocate of New Labour, might have provoked more internal divisions than Ed)."