It wasn't Ed's stone though, rather an ill advised PR stunt. No one as far as I could see has said thank you Ed, you worked tirelessly with the odds against you. You have nothing to be ashamed of.
PS: I live near a village called Bishopstone but oddly it doesn't remind me of the folly of bishops. Another one called Idstone ... perhaps a Freudian discussion to be had there :)[/quote]

Well Miliband did actually stand in front of the stone promising all that was written on it and then disappeared like a flake of snow when the party lost, as did the stone of course ;)

Old English names are fascinating in themselves....
Bishopston (the land of the bishop) Bissopeston 1186
Idstone (farmstead of a man called Eadwine) 1199

But rejoice Jeremy Corbyn is the new Labour leader, lets hope he 'kicks ass'