David Miliband says he won't join brother Ed's team

[Hopeless Romantic]

David Miliband has announced he needs to "recharge his batteries" away from frontline politics and will not serve in his brother Ed's shadow cabinet.

Mr Miliband, who lost the Labour leadership election by just over 1%, told the BBC the decision was the right one for him, his family and for Labour.

But he said he would continue to "serve" the party and did not rule out a return at some stage.

Ed Miliband earlier said Britain "has not heard the last" of his brother.


... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11432762


Good move imo.

As he says (later in the article) his presence would only cause people to look for splits and division.


Plus... he hates him now! }(

[T_i_B]

1. A Quitter not a Fighter.

One minute David Milliband wants us to believe he has a passion for his party & the nation. The next he's quitting cos he can't be leader? :shrug:

[non sociopath skin]

2. It would have looked better if he hadn't said he would work with Ed ...

... when it looked like Ed wasn't going to win.

He may be doing it for the right reasons but I fear that it will be remembered as sour grapes.

One thing's for certain. He won't stay out of the limelight for long.

The Skin

[Hopeless Romantic]

6. but that would have looked petulant

[Jeneral2885]

3. I was hoping

that he could have stayed on and taker over the DFID shadow team

[T_i_B]

4. Shadow International Development is much too junior for Miliband

Bear in mind that he was foreign secretary from 2007 - 2010.

As it turns out though, the only post David Miliband seems to think is senior enough for him is party leader.

[Jeneral2885]

5. yes

Yes but he did make mistakes in the FCO--torture issues etc. I just want Douglas Alexander out of the DFID post and even out of the Shadow Cabinet. The latter of course is unlikely.