Some readers may recall the article published on this site shortly after the election which said that if the Labour Movement stood any chance of being electable again then it must go back to its roots. Some of you will recall the reaction to this from local politicians and bloggers, by which Visit Scunthorpe was branded as wrong or at very best controversial. Despite this, its very interesting to see that our local councillors, CLP and MP chose not to back Ed Milliband, but instead to back David Milliband. Talking to people in the town its become clear that people's impressions of the current labour movement are at an all time low. In order for the Labour movement to stand any chance what so ever of avoiding anything short of a landslide kicking next May, the Labour party must become representative of the working classes. Clearly the unions know this with their support of Ed, but do our local councillors? Is this too little too late for Scunthorpe? Here at VisitScunthorpe.Com we sincerely hope not, but far too many people accuse our local councillors of not listening to public opinion, of being out of touch with what people want, and of maintaining the status quo in the face of adverse public opinion. To date the labour movement has been blinded by its own media presence, the attitude of 1997 "We must get in to power regardless" has led us not only to financial and economic crisis, but also to an illegal war, world wide alienation, and the disenfranchisement of a significant core of Labour voters. Its time for Labour to reunite with the unions, include the working classes and start to listen to people as opposed to its own media. Failure to do so will undoubtedly lead to more shock election results. The only people who have believed Labour's message over recent years have been those representing the Labour movement, and protecting their own interests. All in all its some what reminiscent of the Emperors new clothes, lets hope the new emperor can leave the past behind. Update - Correction Just had an update from Mick Grant via his blog which states that he did support and indeed vote for Ed Milliband and not David. This is not particularly clear as in his own article on the 16th August, instead of showing his support and stating that he would be voting for Ed, Mick instead said "I thought Ed spoke honestly and whilst I didn�t agree with everything he said, I thought it was a good session with some good questions" So it would appear that an apology is needed, Mick, we got it wrong, I should have said that Some of our local councillors, CLP and Local MP declared their support for David. What I will maintain from the earlier article though is that if the Labour movement is to succeed in next May's elections then they must start to pay more attention to the rank and file, not just Labour members but the public too, and this, I believe, is something with Ed will do better than David.