The comments were condemned by Labour Leader Ed Miliband MP and Jon Cruddas MP In the same article Rosindell expressed his support for Pinochet on the basis that he overthrew a communist regime and provided assistance to the British forces retaking the Falkland Islands.

The intellectual left provided notable signatories however in the form of Ralph Miliband, Robin Blackburn and feminist Sheila Rowbotham.

On February 21, 2008, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband admitted that two US extraordinary rendition flights refuelled on Diego Garcia in 2002.

In a 2006 proposal, the U. K .' s then-Environment Secretary David Miliband had the government in discussions on the use of various green taxes to reduce climate-changing pollution.

In announcing his intention to run for the leadership, David Miliband declared that the New Labour era was over, and following the publication of Tony ' Blair's memoirs on 1 September 2010, Ed Miliband said " I think it is time to move on from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson and to move on from the New Labour establishment and that is the candidate that I am at this election who can best turn the page.

The early polls in the Deputy Leadership contest showed him to be the grassroots ' favourite-in a YouGov poll of party members, Benn was top on 27 %, followed by Education Secretary Alan Johnson on 18 %, Environment Secretary David Miliband on 17 %, Justice Minister Harriet Harman on 10 %, and Labour Party Chair Hazel Blears on 7 %.

When Miliband reshuffled his team on 7 October 2011, he was named Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

A more controversial member of the Order was Robert Mugabe, whose honour was stripped by the Queen, on the advice of the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, on 25 June 2008 as " as a mark of revulsion at the abuse of human rights and abject disregard for the democratic process in Zimbabwe over which President Mugabe has presided.

Dr. Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, was stripped of his honorary GCB by the Queen, on the advice of the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, on 25 June 2008 " as a mark of revulsion at the abuse of human rights and abject disregard for the democratic process in Zimbabwe over which President Mugabe has presided.

Ed Miliband's election as leader of the Labour Party, on the back of Trade Union member votes, has been seen by some as a return to the left following New Labour and Miliband has been nicknamed ' Red Ed ' by right-wing media.

King was educated at Haverstock Comprehensive Secondary School on Crogsland Road in Chalk Farm ( borough of Camden ), London, and was a contemporary of fellow Labour politicians David Miliband and his younger brother Ed.

It ’ s true that I did speak to Ed Miliband, to the party ’ s general secretary Iain McNicol and members of the National Executive Committee – but my purpose in doing so was to stop a candidate from outside being imposed on the local party.

When Labour left government on 11 May 2010, Baroness Scotland became the Shadow Attorney General and was reappointed to that role by Ed Miliband when he appointed his first Shadow Cabinet in October 2010.

A YouGov poll on party leaders conducted on 9 – 10 June 2011 found 44 % of the electorate thought he was doing well and 50 % thought he was doing badly, whilst 38 % thought he would be the best PM, 23 % preferred Ed Miliband and 35 % didn't know.

Isaac Deutscher, Raymond Williams, Raphael Samuel, and Ralph Miliband published in the journal and their work gave rise to important exchanges.

* Although originally from London, in the 1970s the Leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband attended Featherbank Primary School, and his brother David Miliband attended Newlaithes Primary School, when their father Ralph Miliband was a professor at the University of Leeds

Mr Davison refused stating the supremacy of EU law over UK law when in matters of weights and measures as held by the House of Lords in 2001 ; thus eventually won with the case against him being dropped after appealing to prime minister Gordon Brown and his local MP Ed Miliband, who advised Doncaster Trading Standards to stop wasting taxpayers money and do something useful with their time which the taxpayer actually pays for.

Both his sons, David and Ed Miliband went on to become senior members of the Labour Party following their father's death, with the latter defeating the former to be elected party leader in 2010.

Writing in the journal International Socialism, Paul Blackledge remarked that it was " more than a little ironic " that the Miliband brothers were in positions of power in the Labour Party considering that their father was the author of Parliamentary Socialism ( 1961 ), a powerful critique of that party and its policies.

On 7 August 2007, he was one of five Guantánamo detainees that British Foreign Secretary David Miliband requested be freed, citing the fact they had all applied for or had been granted refugee status or similar leave to remain in Britain, prior to their capture by US forces.

Then in August 2007, Foreign Secretary David Miliband requested the release of Aamer and four other men, citing the fact they had all been granted refugee status, or similar leave to remain, in Britain prior to their capture by US forces.

On 29 September 2010, newly elected Labour Party leader Ed Miliband asked Brown not to stand for re-election as Opposition Chief Whip due to the need for a " break from the past ".

These flights were the topic of acrimonious diplomatic cables between British officials and the American embassy, later leaked by Wikileaks, with David Miliband saying that " policymakers needed to get control of the military ".

The Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband actively supports the living wage saying that the living wage ' can make Britain both a fairer and more prosperous place '.

" Pointing out an error on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's website ( FCO ) and accusing the British government of " delaying tactics " in relation to Megrahi's second Lockerbie appeal, UN Observer at the Lockerbie trial Dr Hans Köchler wrote to Foreign Secretary David Miliband on 21 July 2008 saying:

For Miliband, the state is dominated by an elite that comes from the same background as the capitalist class.

In October 2011 Gallagher told Newsnight he believes the Labour leader Ed Miliband is " utterly uninspiring and dull ", and says he has no idea what he stands for.

South Shields is represented in parliament by Labour MP David Miliband.

Douglas Garven Alexander ( born 26 October 1967 ) is a British Labour Party politician, who is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the shadow cabinet of Ed Miliband.

He is currently the Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Regulatory Reform in the Official Opposition frontbench under Ed Miliband.

The Village lies in the constituency of Doncaster North and the local MP is Ed Miliband.

The current Leader of the Opposition is Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour Party.

The current Leader of the Opposition is Ed Miliband, elected leader of the Labour Party on 25 September 2010.

Lord Bach is currently the Shadow Justice Minister in the Official Opposition frontbench headed by Ed Miliband.

Since then it has been in the Doncaster North constituency, whose current MP is Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party.

( Another example is David Miliband and his brother Ed Miliband who were appointed to the British Cabinet in June 2007.

Boyack is co-chairing the review of the Labour Party in Scotland, commissioned by Ed Miliband in May 2011, and due to report in the autumn of 2011.

The opening ceremony each year is presided over by a prominent politician, referred to as the Orateur ; they have included Angela Merkel, David Miliband, Jean-Claude Juncker, Javier Solana, José Manuel Barroso, Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Margaret Thatcher and François Mitterrand.

It is currently represented by Ed Miliband, the Leader of the Opposition.

Ralph Miliband argued that the ruling class uses the state as its instrument to dominate society by virtue of the interpersonal ties between state officials and economic elites.

She secured the necessary 33 nominations by 9 June, assisted by the withdrawal of fellow left wing candidate John McDonnell and unexpected support from fellow candidate David Miliband.

Abbott was later appointed Shadow Minister for Public Health by Ed Miliband, taking shadow responsibility for a range of issues including children's health, maternity services, sexual health, tobacco, nursing, obesity and alcohol abuse.

He was succeeded by Ed Miliband after that year's leadership election.

" The leadership election was won by Ed Miliband who was able to mobilise support from the Trade Union electorate.

She held the position of Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs until May 2006, when she was succeeded by David Miliband.

* Next Left: An Agenda for the 1990s by Tessa Blackstone, James Cornford, David Miliband and Patricia Hewitt, 1992, Institute for Public Policy Research, ISBN 1-872452-45-0

The funeral service at Govan Old was attended by notable figures including Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Gordon Brown, Alex Salmond, Sir Alex Ferguson and Billy Connolly.

In October 2008, the climate team at Defra was merged with the energy team from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform ( BERR ) to create the Department of Energy and Climate Change, headed by Ed Miliband.

He supported David Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership election, which was later won by David's brother, Ed Miliband.

Following the general election in 2010 he was the Shadow Defence Secretary, but was replaced by Jim Murphy following the election of new Labour leader Ed Miliband.

She was appointed a shadow Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs minister by Harriet Harman in May 2010, and was retained in that role by Ed Miliband after his election as Leader of the Labour Party.

Nevertheless, he was retained as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by Labour leader Ed Miliband for just under a year.