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Ten things we learnt from Ed Miliband being grilled by young voters last night | Ten things we learnt from Ed Miliband being grilled by young voters last night |
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Ed Miliband was the first party leader to appear on BBC Three's live Free Speech Q&A with young voters last night. | Ed Miliband was the first party leader to appear on BBC Three's live Free Speech Q&A with young voters last night. |
The "Ask Me Anything" show lasted an hour, with the Labour leader facing a host of challenging questions. This is what we learnt: | The "Ask Me Anything" show lasted an hour, with the Labour leader facing a host of challenging questions. This is what we learnt: |
1. The Labour leader doesn't like being called Mr Miliband: "Call me Ed", he tells one audience member who stood up to ask a question. "No, I will call you Mr Ed Miliband," came the response. | 1. The Labour leader doesn't like being called Mr Miliband: "Call me Ed", he tells one audience member who stood up to ask a question. "No, I will call you Mr Ed Miliband," came the response. |
2. Young voters ask great questions: | 2. Young voters ask great questions: |
3. He sits very low in his chair: | 3. He sits very low in his chair: |
4. His biggest fear of becoming prime minister is not being able to spend enough time with his family. | 4. His biggest fear of becoming prime minister is not being able to spend enough time with his family. |
5. The show's presenter Rick Edwards is a great John Bercow impersonator. He told a heckler in the audience: "You've had your say, shut up now." | 5. The show's presenter Rick Edwards is a great John Bercow impersonator. He told a heckler in the audience: "You've had your say, shut up now." |
6. Mr Miliband wants to be the "first politician to under promise and over deliver," rather than "over promise and under deliver". | 6. Mr Miliband wants to be the "first politician to under promise and over deliver," rather than "over promise and under deliver". |
7. He can drink a glass of water without looking weird: | 7. He can drink a glass of water without looking weird: |
8. He seems to be giving up on winning a majority: Asked whether he would rule out doing a deal with the SNP, Mr Miliband gave a less-than-convincing response: "I still want a majority Labour government". | 8. He seems to be giving up on winning a majority: Asked whether he would rule out doing a deal with the SNP, Mr Miliband gave a less-than-convincing response: "I still want a majority Labour government". |
9. But he did rule out one outcome: a coalition with the Tories. | 9. But he did rule out one outcome: a coalition with the Tories. |
10. Mr Miliband's critics might brand him a political nerd but the Labour leader said he hasn't read all of Thomas Piketty's book Capital, which is currently topping the book charts in left-leaning bookshops across the world. | 10. Mr Miliband's critics might brand him a political nerd but the Labour leader said he hasn't read all of Thomas Piketty's book Capital, which is currently topping the book charts in left-leaning bookshops across the world. |
Next Tuesday it's the turn of Green party leader Natalie Bennett of the Green Party, the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood, leader of Plaid Cymru. | Next Tuesday it's the turn of Green party leader Natalie Bennett of the Green Party, the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood, leader of Plaid Cymru. |
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