UK opposition urged to forget brothers' soap opera
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
MANCHESTER, Sept 27 (AFP): David Miliband Monday urged Britain's opposition Labour Party to forget the 'soap opera' of his sibling rivalry with his younger brother Ed, who beat him to the party leadership.
The former foreign minister begged the party to unite behind Ed and bury the bitter infighting seen between former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, but refused to say if he would serve under his brother.
Ed defeated his better-known older brother by a narrow majority in a surprise outcome to the centre-left party's leadership race on Saturday, leaving David considering his future.
Ed Miliband was a close Brown aide, while David was firmly in the Blair camp, putting them on opposing sides of the warring factions during the party's 13 years in power which were ended by defeat in May's general election.
The former foreign minister begged the party to unite behind Ed and bury the bitter infighting seen between former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, but refused to say if he would serve under his brother.
Ed defeated his better-known older brother by a narrow majority in a surprise outcome to the centre-left party's leadership race on Saturday, leaving David considering his future.
Ed Miliband was a close Brown aide, while David was firmly in the Blair camp, putting them on opposing sides of the warring factions during the party's 13 years in power which were ended by defeat in May's general election.