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30 September 2013

Osborne’s comparison of Miliband to Marx shows how wrong-footed the Tories have been

If the Labour leader is a Marxist, so are most of the public. They recognise that the market isn't working for the majority.

By George Eaton

After initially portraying Ed Miliband as a “weak” leader with no policies, the Tories have taken to casting him as a dangerous socialist. In his speech to the Conservative conference, George Osborne compared him to Karl Marx, who similarly warned of a “race to the bottom” in Das Kapital. The Chancellor said:

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