Gary Gibbon
Jon Cruddas backs David Miliband in Labour leadership vote
Gary Gibbon blogs on how Jon Cruddas has backed David Miliband in the Labour leadership election.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Ed Miliband hits back at brother David
Gary Gibbon blogs on the growing splits between brothers David and Ed Miliband in the Labour leadership contest.
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Labour leadership ‘soap opera’ as ballot opens
Ed Balls accuses supporters of the Miliband brothers of turning the Labour leadership contest into a two-horse race, focusing on the “soap opera” of sibling rivalry. Krishnan Guru-Murthy reports.
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David Miliband: frontrunner and underdog
David Miliband tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy “the good society is defined not just by a good government but by a strong community”.
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Labour race: Abbott steals show as Milibands do battle
As David Miliband fights his brother Ed, Political Editor Gary Gibbon explains the story behind the rivalry and how the first female black candidate could throw a spanner in the voting arithmetic.
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Labour contest: brotherly love or ‘narrowest gene pool’?
Political analyst Peter McHugh examines the contenders in a Labour leadership race described by Diane Abbott as containing “the narrowest gene pool in history”.
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Gary Gibbon
The long Labour leadership contest could harm David Miliband
Labour’s NEC has agreed a long contest, with the leader being crowned at the party’s conference in September, and a spending cap of £150,000.
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David Miliband launches Labour leader bid
David Miliband declares his candidacy for the Labour leadership following the general election and Gordon Brown’s resignation.
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Chilcot's last stand – before his inquiry goes quiet
Channel 4 News Iraq Inquiry blogger looks ahead to David Miliband and Bill Jeffrey’s evidence.
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Gary Gibbon
Plot may have fizzled, but questions hang over Brown
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has decided to give a slightly more explicit message of support than the mealy-mouthed evasion he managed after seven hours thought, last night.
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Jon Snow
Has our tolerance of war changed?
In the 93 years that separate the battle of the Somme from the UK’s present engagement in Afghanistan, our tolerance of death on the battlefield has experienced a welcome revolution, blogs Jon Snow.
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Gary Gibbon
Are Afghan women’s rights beyond the UK’s reach?
Gary Gibbon blogs on David Miliband’s speech on Afghanistan and wonders if it will improve his standing with a certain American Secretary of State…
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What's the endgame in Afghanistan?
It is very hard today to read the foreign secretary’s new strategy for Afghanistan. The aims of Nato are laudable. They are invariably necessary and they are vital for the security of both Britons and Afghans alike. But, worringly, they are becoming more unattainable every day.
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Jon Snow
The Commons: little prospect of reform?
I had to go down to the Commons yesterday to interview David Miliband. The Foreign Secretary was stranded in his office, held up by the election of the Speaker. I am blessed with a Commons pass – largely so that I can evade the bolt cutters of the Metropolitan police and park my bike on…
