Local government should beware his devolution trojan horse, as devolving the axe is his prime purpose.
They have also said they will back "innovative new approaches" such as devolving health and care budgets.
Breaking the vicious circle will require, as well as devolving power to cities and regions, better focused central government intervention.
When Agent Woods describes the battlefields of Aleppo as "devolving into utter chaos," Moofie will chime in with "Udder chaos?
As well as devolving more funding for skills and employment projects, Miliband said that Labour would expand apprenticeships in science, technology and maths.
He also emphasised that government policies such as devolving power to local councils, the creation of a directly elected mayor for Greater Manchester, and the development of the HS2 rail link should all help close the economic gap.
The Labour leader accused the prime minister of seeking to divide people after he said that restrictions on the voting rights of Scottish MPs should be introduced at the same time as devolving more power to Holyrood.
As Jon Stewart and plenty of Twitter activists quickly pointed out, the optics weren't great: A city as devolving into mayhem, while just up I-95, reporters in eveningwear fawned over supermodels and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
"We strongly believe that there is a real case to see it devolved as soon as possible so that Scotland can capitalise fully on the benefits of this fantastic year where we have been in the global spotlight.
"We also reiterate once again our calls for Air Passenger Duty to be devolved as quickly as possible to provide the means to incentivise new direct international services from Scotland".
