by Atul Hatwal
It’s Friday the 13th. And the Tories are level pegging with Labour in the polls and discontent with Ed Miliband’s leadership continues to swirl. The sense of gloom is palpable.
But on one measure at least, hope continues to flicker.
The revival of the shadow cabinet’s appetite to hold the government to account continues apace. This month’s shadow cabinet work rate league table reveals a new benchmark – the highest number of weekly stories proactively generated by the Ed Miliband’s team since he became leader.
This isn’t just a matter of issuing a media release commenting on someone else’s news, it’s making the news.
Chuka Umuna and Andy Burnham have led the charge with each generating four stories since the last league table.
