Dear Ed Milliband

Dear Ed,

I thought I would tell you a little about myself and why you drove me to chocolate today.

I come from a Labour family. My dad, an immigrant, came to this country and slept on Clapham Common because of the signs saying 'No blacks, no Irish, no dogs' for two weeks. He then worked on London Underground doing hard manual graft at night while studying to be a barrister during the day.

His values were labour values.
My mother brought up 3 kids on her own and taught us to always question, always seek knowledge. She took me to CND marches and we sat and collected groceries during the miner's strike.

Her values were Labour values.

I have children of my own. They believe in personal autonomy and responsibility. They are proud of our NHS, our schools, our emergency services, hells, they even understand the link between paying taxes and the affordability of pensions. They understand that the Welfare State was created as a safety net and they have seen first hand those who abuse the system get the most. But they do not get the concept of an 'undeserving poor'. And neither do I.

Our values are Labour values.
Shame then that yours aren't.

I missed your speech today. I was working at PCS trying hard to defend public sector terms and conditions. I got sent a link to it and settled down to read.

It made me physically ill. The rhetoric Ed, the rhetoric! Who wrote it? A Daily Mail staffer?

Bad enough that you refused to stand up for workers at the fucking TUC, you then made it worse by saying that those who opposed the changes to trade union laws were wrong.

The fucking *ARROGANCE* of you!!!

I really hope that you didn't mean that those who are working should take priority over those who aren't when it comes to social housing. For if you did, you are a cunt and God is ashamed of you.

You said 'when I am Prime Minister' today and talked about your rough school while pricing normal and poor families out of higher education. Here's a hint you fuckwit: six grand is no more affordable than nine grand.

You sold me out today Ed. When you refused to even acknowledge our battles over our (affordable) pensions.

You sold my dad out when you essentially cut off all hope of higher education for his grandchildren.

You sold my mum out when you refused to make provision for those who actually need the safety net.

And you sold my children and yours out when you delivered a speech today that was so grovelling, so obsequious, so toadying to business, so fucking right wing that it actually made me cry for the death of the party I once loved and always voted for.

What do I do now Ed? Who do I vote for now you have betrayed the working class?

No, don't answer, I'll ask Cameron or Clegg. It'll save you the trouble.