Thatcher handbags Ed Miliband from beyond the grave   Column
LAST UPDATED AT 10:35 ON Tue 9 Apr 2013  HOW DOES Ed Miliband
get his May local elections campaign back on track? With hours
of praise on the BBC and wall-to-wall coverage in the press,
Margaret Thatcher effectively sabotaged yesterday's Labour
launch from beyond the grave.  All three parties are forced to
put their campaigns on hold until after the Great Warrior
Queen's 'not the state funeral' next week at St Paul's. But only
Miliband has to contend with the 'Thatcher factor' - and it
won't be easy.  The Labour campaign is based on the lethal
accusation that David Cameron is only in it for himself - an
elite Tory Toff who looks after his rich banker pals in the
City, while Miliband pushes national unity under the banner of
One Nation Labour.  With its five-point pledge card, Miliband's
campaign is a dry run for the general election. The central
strategy attacking Tory elitism was being bench-tested for 2015
until 12.54 pm yesterday when the Press A