Tax Split within Labour - Leader vs. Shadow Chancellor

BBC News: Reports on the admission by the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Alan Johnson that there is a split between him and the new leader of the Party Ed Miliband when it comes to the policy of Graduate Tax in place of Tuition Fees and that the 50% tax bracket should be permanent. The new leader Ed Miliband support a Graduate tax and a the 50% tax bracket, while the Alan Johnson is opposed. It is odd that while in Government Alan Johnson would not stab PM Gordon Brown in the back, but in Opposition and on television he has stated that the Miliband Manifesto that allowed him to beat his brother can be binned, and that Labour does not have a policy for higher education funding or the tax rate. One can only say if this was Tony Blair at the height of New Labour he would be on the phone to Alastair Campbell his Spin Doctor going through the roof, this does recall the Civil War between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, lets recall Ed Miliband only won the Labour leadership with the support of the Unions, Labour leaders that do not perform can be axed more easily while they are in Opposition than in Government, might be worth a bet on the chances of Ed Miliband being the Labour Leader in 2015.