Ed Miliband loves brother David but ‘can’t erase what happened’ after feud

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Ed Miliband has spoken out about his relationship with his brother David following their epic feud several years ago.

A major theme of the 2010 Labour leadership election was the rift between the two brothers as elder sibling David was widely tipped for the leadership until Ed decided to run against him – and ended up narrowly winning the contest.

In an article which some saw as a veiled attack on his brother, the elder Miliband wrote: “Simple opposition takes us back to our comfort zone as a party of protest, big in heart but essentially naive, well meaning but behind the times.”



Ed Miliband appeared on Tuesday's Lorraine to promote his new book
Ed Miliband appeared on Tuesday’s Lorraine to promote his new book

After ultimately losing the leadership election, David moved to the backbenches, and resigned as an MP in 2013.

He announced that he was taking up the post of head of the International Rescue Committee in New York, where he currently still lives with his wife Louise Shackelton and their two sons.

Despite living miles apart, it seems Ed and David have come a long way since their public feud and Ed was more than happy to talk about David during an appearance on ITV’s Lorraine.



Ed spoke to Lorraine Kelly about his very public feud with his brother David
Ed spoke to Lorraine Kelly about his very public feud with his brother David

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Speaking to Lorraine Kelly, Ed said: “I stood to be leader and it was hard and it was painful and it was difficult against David, because I felt like I had something distinctive to say about where the country needed to go, about the problems of inequality.”

Lorraine then asked: “Are you alright with your brother now? Is everything okay? Because that would have been horrible…”



Ed said he and his sibling love each other but are 'not going to erase what happened'
Ed said he and his sibling love each other but are ‘not going to erase what happened’

“Yes, we are. We love each other,” father-of-two Ed replied.

“We’re not going to erase what happened, but we love each other and we talk a lot. I’ve just sent him a copy of the book, he’s very nice about it. Y’know, you move on.”

Ed was appearing on the ITV show to talk about his new book called ‘Go Big: How To Fix Our World’.

Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV.

Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/ed-miliband-loves-brother-david-24271092

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