Labour Leader's wreath message said: 'From
the Leader of the Opposition'
His supporters claim he was handed the wreath
and note seconds earlier
David
Cameron and Prince Charles left handwritten messages at Cenotaph
Ed Miliband was ridiculed today after laying a wreath honouring the First World War dead with a scruffy message that read: 'From the Leader of the Opposition'
Ed Miliband was ridiculed today after laying a wreath honouring the First World War dead with a scruffy message that read: 'From the Leader of the Opposition'
.
The note, scrawled with a black marker,
was left at the Cenotaph in Glasgow today and has been branded 'pathetic' and
'distasteful'.
But the Labour leader's team say he was
denied the chance to write his own message and was only handed the wreath by
organisers moments before he put it down.
In contrast David Cameron's message
read: 'Our most enduring legacy is our liberty. We must never forget' and was
signed personally by the Prime Minister.
The Prince of Wales also wrote his own
note, which said: 'In everlasting memory, Charles'.
Nick Clegg also put down a wreath with
a note in the same handwriting, which only said: 'From the Deputy Prime
Minister'.
The incident has led to a row online
with some calling Mr Miliband 'pathetic' and others claiming he had been
'stitched up'.
Sarah Cochrane wrote: 'I think Ed
Miliband's message on the wreath is pathetic. He couldn't even be bothered to
write his own name'.
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