Ed Miliband: “We’re both really delighted and hoping to go home soon”

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

Ed Miliband spoke to reporters this lunchtime about the birth of his new baby son. Miliband said that both he and his partner Justine are delighted, and thanked the staff at the hospital.

“We knew it was going to be a boy. Justine did absolutely brilliantly and I want to thank all of the staff here. The nurses, the doctors, the midwives – all of the staff who have been absolutely fantastic to us and we’re both really delighted and hoping to go home soon.”

However, Ed still doesn’t know what his second son will be called yet as it’s still “being signed off”, which may or not be code for a disagreement over the name:

“I know what name I want but it’s still being signed off. We’ll be announcing the name in the coming days. But as I say, we’re absolutely delighted and overjoyed.”

Congratulations to Ed and Justine from everyone at LabourList.