Stears

His inclusion on Sunday took me by surprise and as soon as we kicked off I said to the lad next to me that it would just be my luck if 'Stears' got the first goal.

Express & Star 2009

His inclusion on Sunday took me by surprise and as soon as we kicked off I said to the lad next to me that it would just be my luck if 'Stears' got the first goal.

Express & Star 2009

"He can do it," says Marc Stears, one of Miliband's oldest friends, who has known him since they were fighting college battles together at Corpus Christi college, Oxford, and is now a professor of politics.

Ed Miliband leadership: 'Red Ed' yearns to put forward his centrist vision Allegra Stratton 2010

Stears said: He had this amazing ability to be liked by everybody – he could talk to people from the far right to the far left.

Ed Miliband leadership: 'Red Ed' yearns to put forward his centrist vision Allegra Stratton 2010

Young Ted Miliband would take Stears to a book shop to show him books by his dad – the Marxist intellectual Ralph Miliband, in whose politics the right think they will find their best attack lines: that the younger Miliband is a secret sympathiser to his dad's long-incubated Marxist ideas.

Ed Miliband leadership: 'Red Ed' yearns to put forward his centrist vision Allegra Stratton 2010

Dr Marc Stears, a friend of Miliband's from his days at Corpus Christi, Oxford, said the leader was genuinely excited by the new thinking.

How the fish market porters moved Ed Miliband in his search to rekindle Labour's flame 2011

People are making the most remarkable progress, beyond all expectations, says Colin Stears, the council's executive member for adult social services.

Private hospitals are no place for people with learning disabilities 2011

While we are on the subject of personal responsibility, how about Bear Stears being responsible for their own demise?

McCain health care plan emphasizes personal responsibility 2008

"Bear Stears does not now have any ownership in the FED banks."

What's the difference between Lehman Bros and Bear Stearns? Lehman's CEO is on board of NY Fed 2008

While suggesting that the U.S. regulatory engine might be able to adapt more rapidly and effectively to an ever-evolving global environment than could the market, his most illogical statement is a call for our regulatory structure to mirror that of the U.K. in order to avoid situations like the Bear Stears collapse.

Let's Be Sure Cure Is Better Than the Disease 2008