Unready Eddy?

Ed Miliband gave his first speech as leader of the Labour Party today. Leaders speeches are always worth noting, in order to note what can be noted in them about leadership. Miliband's speech was aimed at a number of audiences, including his own party, and the wider electorate who he wants to believe that he would make a good Prime Minister.

Whether or not Miliband found his target is rather beyond the brief of this blog, but - at the risk of risking a little bit of politics - in terms of the character of the speaker I'm not sure that someone who claims he has been too busy to marry his girlfriend or put his name on his child's birth certificate is ready to lead anything.

Someone that busy clearly needs to make some time in his schedule for what should be priorities in a leaders life, not taking on yet more commitments.