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Caron Lindsay

Wednesday in the Park with Ed

By Caron Lindsay | Wed 24th September 2014 - 9:34 pm

Ed Miliband park photo by ARCHIVE depart,ent of energy and climate changeBefore anyone says anything in the comments, yes, I know what follows is a little childish, but it is fun. I also know that all political leaders share personal stories in their speeches, but they do tend to do it with less clumsiness than Ed Miliband did it yesterday and there’s usually more substance from their speech to write about.

My mission to the world, or at least my friends on Facebook and Twitter this morning was simple. If you met Ed Miliband in a park, what would he say about you in his next Conference speech? the creative minds of social media went for it in style. Here are just a few of the replies.

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