'I would serve under Ed', says David Miliband
Labour leadership frontrunner David Miliband today said he would be ready to serve in his brother Ed’s shadow cabinet if he is defeated.
While younger brother Ed has made clear he would “definitely” serve under David, the shadow foreign secretary has so far been more evasive over the question of what he would do if he loses the race to succeed Gordon Brown on September 25.
His move appears to be an attempt to draw the sting from an escalating row between their respective supporters which threatened to recast the leadership contest as a divisive scrap between advocates of Old and New Labour.
As millions of ballot papers were sent out today, David insisted that the election campaign had been “a warm comradely contest, a fraternal contest and... a contest that I think will bring credit to the Labour Party and will certainly not come in the way of our family.”
Asked if he would serve under his brother’s leadership, he told Five News: “Of course. You run in elections hopeful of winning but always secure in the knowledge that you might not win and that’s life, but I think it’s very important that now is a time for people to take responsibility for the party and the country.”
