“...portraying...Ed Miliband as some kind of Trotskyist loony.”
But I thought Ed Miliband IS a Trotskyist loony?
The propaganda of the big party (D and R) political machines always exaggerates the extremes of its enemies so the voters think they are the right choice.
Miliband is socialist-elitist, but so is Cameron. He isn’t Joe Stalin. You have to believe the other guy is extreme so you’ll vote for the Republican who wants illegal immigration and or just raised your taxes because he’s “better” than the “way out there” Democrat.