in my view this is a bit unfair to Ed Miliband who wasn't standing on a particularly outlandish platform - I think a lot of the history post-2015 election defeat paints it as a lurch to the left and not some mild social-democratic wrangling. It was mostly indyref fallout that scuppered Ed.

I do agree that the whole lurch to the left thing is overplayed, but the reality is Lab lost seats consistently from 2010-2019 (except 2017 which I view as a rerun of the Brexit ref). I do feel bad for Miliband in many ways, but he was part of that problem. He was just not the leader they needed.