Why are the right obsessed with Ed Miliband?

With the departure of Morgan McSweeney, the right in the media and well beyond detect that Ed Miliband has become the unofficial prime minister. The Spectator editor Michael Gove has written an article on this theme, and is by no means alone. Apparently some of those making the same point used to work for Keir Starmer. But do Gove’s arguments make much sense? Time again to forensically examine a single article. Get tickets here for the York Book Festival with Steve Richards and Alan Johnson on Tuesday March 24th. Rock & Roll Politics is at the Cambridge Literary Festival on Saturday April 25th . And you can get your tickets for Rock & Roll Politics -The Election Special, at Kings Place on Monday May 11th here .

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Why are the right obsessed with Ed Miliband? is an episode from Steve Richards presents the Rock N Roll Politics podcast by Podmasters.

This episode is 52:10 long.

This episode was published on Mar 20, 2026.

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