Ed Miliband

By Owen Evans Recently, I was fortunate enough to listen to Ed Miliband speak at a meeting of Labour Party members in Caerphilly, South Wales. He was treated to a definitive Welsh experience: it rained all day, the meeting was held in a…

By Wayne David MP As we move beyond the first phase of the Labour leadership contest, it is clear that the eventual victor will be either David or Ed Miliband. At the start of the contest I thought carefully about who to support; I was torn…

By Lisa Nandy MP The last week in parliament before the summer recess brought mixed feelings. The rush to push the academies bill through the commons continued to cause a storm, though many MPs were demob happy at the prospect of having a…

By Hopi Sen / @hopisen A brief series where, for my own amusement (and possibly ensuring I never work for the Labour Party again), I set out the case against each of the Leadership candidates. The eleventh commandment of internal elections…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Ed Miliband looks almost certain to receive the backing of Britain's biggest trade union, Unite, when they announce their nomination on Monday. According to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, the Unite political…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Yesterday, I spoke at my CLP meeting in support of nominating Ed Miliband for the Labour leadership. I hadn't really intended to, but by the time I got there, there was plenty I wanted to say. I have been a…

By John Denham MP Thankfully, this Labour leadership election is no re-run of the poisonous Benn vs. Healey fight of 30 years ago. Anyone who has been to the hustings has seen a team of potential leaders who focus their ire on the mistakes…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Update: Ed has also been nominated by the smaller UCATT union. Update: Ed Miliband has responded to news of the GMB nomination, saying that he is "honoured" and "grateful" for their support. Ed said: "I am…

By Brian Barder / @brianlb Ed Miliband, second favourite after his big brother for the Labour leadership, has written a piece on his campaign blog in which he argues for a graduate tax as a fairer alternative to tuition fees. Four of the…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk In the penultimate profile of the five leadership candidates, Ed Miliband has today told the BBC how it feels "odd" to stand against his brother and reacts to criticism that he has tacked to the left…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk The excellent Paul Waugh reports an interesting, and new, bit of information from the Mandelson book. According to Mandelson, Gordon Brown approached David Miliband before the 2007 leadership election and…

By Daniel Blaney On 10 June 2010, the day after nominations for the leadership of the Labour Party closed, Ed Miliband addressed supporters in Leeds. In claiming he was best placed to take the party forward he was bold in acknowledging…