Letter: Same old Labour

Listening to Ed Miliband, I had to keep reminding myself he was Gordon Brown's policy wonk and responsible for the dire manifesto on which Labour fought the last election.

His speech was, for the most part, as bland as a pan loaf and the "brave" bits, such as the Iraq denunciation, were not really so courageous.

He wanted to declare himself part of a new generation, yet his ideas and language came straight from the old, and every policy statement was qualified out of sight. He praised big government but criticised its consequences; he was for spending cuts but gave reasons to oppose them; he slated "irresponsible" strikes but not those looming.

(DR) JOHN CAMERON

Howard Place

St Andrews, Fife