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David Miliband would shun shadow cabinet job, says brother Ed David Miliband would shun shadow cabinet job, says brother Ed
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Ed Miliband believed "from the moment" he became Labour leader that his brother, David, was unlikely ever to wish to serve under him in the shadow cabinet.Ed Miliband believed "from the moment" he became Labour leader that his brother, David, was unlikely ever to wish to serve under him in the shadow cabinet.
In a sign of the estrangement between the two brothers, which helps explain why David Miliband has abandoned British politics, the Labour leader accepted as far back as 2010 that there was unlikely to be a political reconciliation.In a sign of the estrangement between the two brothers, which helps explain why David Miliband has abandoned British politics, the Labour leader accepted as far back as 2010 that there was unlikely to be a political reconciliation.
Ed Miliband outlined his thinking about the departure of his brother, who has resigned his South Shields seat to become chief executive of the International Rescue Committee in New York, in an interview with the Labour List website.Ed Miliband outlined his thinking about the departure of his brother, who has resigned his South Shields seat to become chief executive of the International Rescue Committee in New York, in an interview with the Labour List website.
Asked whether he tried to talk his elder brother out of leaving British politics, the Labour leader said he had always been serious about inviting his brother to join the shadow cabinet. The former foreign secretary was understood to have been offered the post of shadow chancellor on two occasions.Asked whether he tried to talk his elder brother out of leaving British politics, the Labour leader said he had always been serious about inviting his brother to join the shadow cabinet. The former foreign secretary was understood to have been offered the post of shadow chancellor on two occasions.
Ed Miliband said: "I wanted him to feel there was a choice. At the same time, I didn't want to try and push him into doing something he didn't want to do. And it was quite clear to me from the moment I became leader that he probably didn't want to come into the shadow cabinet."Ed Miliband said: "I wanted him to feel there was a choice. At the same time, I didn't want to try and push him into doing something he didn't want to do. And it was quite clear to me from the moment I became leader that he probably didn't want to come into the shadow cabinet."
Miliband added that he hoped his brother's thinking would change, though it became clear in recent months that he was serious about taking the charity job.Miliband added that he hoped his brother's thinking would change, though it became clear in recent months that he was serious about taking the charity job.
"I think he said to me in our second conversation: 'If I get offered this I'm likely to take it.' So in a way I think the die was cast in terms of what was going to happen if he was offered the job. It was a big opportunity, it speaks to our family history, it suits his talents.""I think he said to me in our second conversation: 'If I get offered this I'm likely to take it.' So in a way I think the die was cast in terms of what was going to happen if he was offered the job. It was a big opportunity, it speaks to our family history, it suits his talents."
That is understood to be a reference to the early years of the IRC, whose predecessor organisation was founded in 1933 at the suggestion of Albert Einstein to help victims of the Nazis in the year Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. The Milibands' Jewish parents survived the Holocaust. Their father, Ralph, fled to Britain from Belgium in 1940; their mother, Marion Kozak, was protected by Poles.That is understood to be a reference to the early years of the IRC, whose predecessor organisation was founded in 1933 at the suggestion of Albert Einstein to help victims of the Nazis in the year Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. The Milibands' Jewish parents survived the Holocaust. Their father, Ralph, fled to Britain from Belgium in 1940; their mother, Marion Kozak, was protected by Poles.
Ed Miliband said he was sad David was leaving Britain though happy about his excitement over his new job. He said the media "soap opera" about them had died down though he admitted there had been uncertainty about his plans. "There was clearly a sense of uncertainty about what he was going to do, and so it's brought a sense of clarity. So in that sense I think it's good. For him – and for me – that it sort of came out in the right way. I think there was generosity on all sides of the Labour party for the contribution he has made."Ed Miliband said he was sad David was leaving Britain though happy about his excitement over his new job. He said the media "soap opera" about them had died down though he admitted there had been uncertainty about his plans. "There was clearly a sense of uncertainty about what he was going to do, and so it's brought a sense of clarity. So in that sense I think it's good. For him – and for me – that it sort of came out in the right way. I think there was generosity on all sides of the Labour party for the contribution he has made."
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