Miliband is keen to address the
argument that a Labour leader must necessarily challenge the prejudices and
complacencies of his party; must, in effect, be defined
against his party, in order to demonstrate his moderate or centrist credentials.
In addition to providing good insight into the current state of the law, he makes the
argument that it would be good for society, including employers, if they could get over their basically reflexive anti-free speech reactions, while acknowledging there is little current legal basis to require them to do so, and conceding that freedom increases conflict which runs
against [an] employer's «enduring goals of employee compliance, conformity,
complacency and efficiency.»