Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has urged Ed Miliband to be bolder, claiming it looks as though the Labour leader has resigned himself to not winning the 2015 election outright.
Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has urged Ed Miliband to be bolder, claiming it looks as though the Labour leader has resigned himself to not winning the 2015 election outright.
Writing in his Sunday Mirror column, Lord Prescott said it looked as though Mr Miliband was only trying to woo traditional Labour voters and "a few ex-Lib Dem voters", rather than appealing to the whole electorate.
"He might as well have said at the end of his conference speech: 'Go back to your constituencies and prepare for coalition'," he argued.
The veteran of the Blair years contrasted a "flat" Labour conference with a "confident" performance from David Cameron at last week's Conservative conference.
He urged the Labour leader to "be brave" and go "all out for the win" in 2015 by quickly coming up with eye-catching policies.
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