Ed Miliband is easy to pick on. As the leader of the Labour Party, which suffered a massive rout in last week's election, Miliband seems like the perfect scapegoat — so perfect, in fact, that he fell on his own sword and resigned on Friday. Losing millions of working class English voters to UKIP will certainly discredit the stuttering, awkward toff at the top, the one who poses as a socialist, but gives the impression of being born with a silver spoon stuck up his nose.

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