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Labour's new chief is the first British political leader to 'not get round' to the conventions of wedlock and fatherhood | Mail Online

As the son of a North London Marxist intellectual, you might expect Ed Miliband to have a less than conventional approach to traditional family values.
And the birth certificate of his 15-month-old son, Daniel, would appear to bear this out, as it includes everything except any mention of the boy's proud father.
Although the section headed `Father' is blank, Daniel's mother Justine Thornton is named, along with her Manchester birthplace and profession, barrister.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Sep 25th, 2010 at 09:01:56 PM EST

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And so it begins! LOL

They tried to assimilate me. They failed.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sat Sep 25th, 2010 at 09:08:23 PM EST
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North London Marxist intellectual

Oh c'mon Glen! Get with the program already.

You forgot "Muslim' you dumb ass.

Send you the memos and what do you do? Eat the pages?

No TV talky-head pundity job for you!

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sat Sep 25th, 2010 at 09:10:23 PM EST
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Where's the list of the official negative adjectives to use on the "enemy"?

They tried to assimilate me. They failed.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sat Sep 25th, 2010 at 09:36:58 PM EST
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Un-effing-believable.

This is the 2010s, people...

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Sep 26th, 2010 at 03:32:26 AM EST
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Unfortunately, yes...

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Sep 26th, 2010 at 03:56:33 AM EST
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Under British law (Children Act 1989), if the parents are not married at the time the child is born, even if the father is know only the mother has parental responsibility automatically. I bet you more than one Daily Mail reader would pop an artery over that.

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Sep 26th, 2010 at 04:10:27 AM EST
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So the mother is a barrister, and, given the nature of British family law, she is simply taking the most effective step possible to prevent herself from having her child taken away by a politically powerful husband.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Sep 26th, 2010 at 10:41:05 AM EST
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Ed Miliband's victory: will it bring about change we can believe in? | 92 comments (92 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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