I liked Ed. To be honest I suspect his issue was a) he’s a geek (a good thing obviously) and b) he has a bit of a speech impediment. Sadly that’s enough to be crucified by the UK right-wing press.
He always struck me as an intelligent, decent and genuine bloke with a great sense of humour. I preferred him to his brother, but he was never going to get beyond the aforementioned stumbling blocks. Basically the Tories can lie to the Queen, break parliamentary and international law, and divert hundreds of £millions into their/their donors pockets in actions of staggeringly blatant corruption, even send black folk who have lived here for decades away to die abroad, but Ed Milliband can’t eat a sandwich properly, so he was done for...
He had way, way more spine and integrity than Corbyn.