The former foreign secretary, who is moving to New
York to take up a senior role at the charity International Rescue, in September,
is forcing a by-election in South Shields, the constituency that he has been
representing in Parliament since 2001.
Labour insiders hope his departure will ease tensions
that have avoided Ed Miliband’s leadership since he beat his older sibling in
2010.
Miliband Senior declared that he wants to see his younger
brother Ed take Labour back into power, and end up the ‘comedy’ surrounding his
relationship with him.
“This is right
not just for me, but is right for the Labour party as well,” David Miliband
said.
“I entered
politics to make a difference and now I am going to do it in a different sphere,”
he added.
Mr Miliband, who was nicknamed “Brains” by spin doctor
Alastair Campbell when he ran Mr Blair’s policy unit in 1997, was praised by several
political figures.
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