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David Miliband is first candidate to declare himself in Labour leadership race
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy May 13, 2010 08:32am |
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| Author | Rosa Prince |
| Media | Newspaper - Daily Telegraph |
| News Date | Thursday, May 13, 2010 07:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | David Miliband has become the first candidate to declare himself in the Labour leadership contest, which is likely to become a five-horse race.
The battle will be between four young former Cabinet colleagues and one outsider – Jon Cruddas, a Left-wing backbencher.
Mr Miliband’s younger brother Ed, 40, is expected to announce his candidacy at the weekend, leading to an inter-family battle for Labour’s top job.
Ed Balls, 43, a close ally of Gordon Brown, is almost certain to run.
The Daily Telegraph understands that Andy Burnham, 40, the former health secretary, also plans to stand but will not announce his candidacy immediately.
Mr Miliband, 44, flanked by supporters in front of the main entrance to the Commons, called for a “comradely” contest.
After paying tribute to Mr Brown, he said: “I will stand as a candidate. I do so with humility in face of the responsibility this post brings and passion for the causes and values that led me to join our party.”
He will formally launch his campaign in his constituency of South Shields next week, and said he would spend the next week visiting constituencies that Labour had lost, “listening” to voters’ concerns. Mr Miliband said the country had entered a “new era” and Labour needed a period of “deep renewal”.
He said the Liberal Democrat-Conservative coalition government put new responsibility on Labour to represent those with centre and Left of centre opinions.
Most of Mr Miliband’s rivals will delay their announcements until next week, and the former foreign secretary’s decision to announce his candidacy raised eyebrows in Westminster. |
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