Ed Miliband's accusation that David Cameron is directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of migrants leaving Libya in search of a better life in Europe is a well time political stunt. It tells us more about the desperation of the Labour election campaign than British foreign policy.
Miliband may well be right, there may well have been a lack of planning on what to do with Libya after intervention. The debate however was never going to be about that, and Miliband knows it.
The problem with Miliband's stance is Labour voted in favour of intervention in Libya. Whether they questioned the Tories on post intervention planning is irrelevant because they voted in favour. This is the clearest indication that they supported the plans (or lack of).
Miliband didn't raise concerns about Libya for years afterwards. Then two weeks before a general election, with 800 drowning in the past week alone, he seizes it as an opportunity for personal gain and to smear David Cameron.
Its a dirty tactic to play politics with the deaths of desperate people merely seeking a better life. No one comes out of this looking good.
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