Mili-Me will not stand

Posted on February 19, 2007
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The speculation mill has been at full capacity this week. Just as everyone speculated about Alan Johnson and John Reid last year, they’re attention has now turned to David Mili-Me.* Can David stand up and beat the Goliath Brown?

Writing in the Guardian, Frank Field called for Labour to “skip a generation” and for Mili-Me to stand against Brown for the leadership of the Labour party. Mil-Me has indicated his discomfort with the direction Brown will take things- He wrote in the Times that Brown had to be “bold Labour not Old Labour” and his gaff on Question Time showed his distaste for Brown.

However, for all the speculation, Miliband will not stand. Not only is he far to young and inexperienced, but the rules of the leadership game are against him and stacked up in favour of Brown. So what’s his attention seeking all about- it’s to ensure he has a seat at the Cabinet table under Brown. Perhaps Foreign Secreatary?!

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* David Miliband is the Prime Minister’s favorite mini-me. Miliband even walks and talks like Blair.

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4 Responses to “Mili-Me will not stand”

  1. dogpatch on February 19th, 2007 2:20 pm

    It’s worth looking at Paul Linford’s in depth analysis here. He interestingly points out that Miliband may be forced to enter the ring:

    “What we are really seeing here is the natural outworking of the principle that politics abhors a vacuum, and that when such a vacuum is created, sooner or later someone has to step forward and fill it.

    David Miliband’s problem is that he is overwhelmingly seen as the most likely person to be able to mount a successful challenge to Mr Brown.”

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