Miliband: Politics has failed
The rise of populism is “testimony to the failure of mainstream politics” and politicians need to understand the “pain” of voters, Ed Miliband has said.
The Shadow Business Secretary said it was important to give answers to the “grievances” in people’s lives, while also challenging populism when it was “wrong”.
During an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Miliband said: “The soil in which populism grows, this nasty populism grows, is discontent and therefore you’ve got to understand people’s pain.”