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The Guardian reports today that David Miliband, pipped to the Labour leader's post by his younger brother Ed earlier this year, is being considered for the position of the UK's ambassador to America. There is no doubting David Miliband's capabilities. He has extensive foreign policy and international relations experience. That said, the key US-UK dynamic is in play here. Consider the inevitable d...
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One could understand it when David Cameron casting himself increasingly as "Blair's Heir" in 2007. Tony Blair was Prime Minister then, though a Labour Prime Minister, and David Cameron was attempting to entrench himself as Tory leader. One could even understand Gordon Brown invoking Margaret Thatcher in 2007, after becoming Prime Minister. He wanted to portray himself as a tough man, in nobody's...
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The coalition looks likely not to last the full 5 years. Labour looks set to perform well in the next elections. The latest YouGov poll puts it at 40%, as opposed to the Tory 39% and the Lib Dem 12%. Ed Miliband, who won the Labour leadership election, has talked about moving beyond boom and bust. David Miliband, his elder brother, who also ran but lost, has talked about ruling out factions. Ther...
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CNN World Report just talked about the contest for Labour leadership between David Miliband and Ed Miliband, speculating on the family angle and the sibling rivalry angle. As a Labour party member, I thought long and hard about whom I would choose for my second preference. My first was set on Diane Abbott, my last on Ed Balls, both for feminist reasons. I finally settled on David Miliband for sec...
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The British press has been singing to blazes over Tony Blair's memoir, 'A Journey', which came out yesterday. He hated Brown. Brown hated him. He does not regret taking the UK into the Iraq war. Does regret the fox hunting ban (Of all things). He was attracted to royalty. He was manipulated, and he in turn manipulated, royalty. He favors we continue New Labour. There are hints about him preferrin...
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