Marxist Milibands Head British Labour Party - It's a 'party' - marxism for the laborers; just don't tamper with the financial system

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

Labour Party Conference: David Miliband urges party to unite behind Ed Miliband

David Miliband gave an unscheduled speech to Labour supporters today and urged them to unite behind his brother, Ed, the new party leader.

Andrew Porter, Political Editor
27 Sep 2010

But the shadow foreign secretary, who narrowly lost out to his brother for the Labour leadership, kept people guessing about his own political future.

Speculation is rife that he might be offered the shadow chancellor role, by his brother, as a consolation prize.

David Miliband was introduced to rapturous and prolonged applause as he took the stage.

To a packed auditorium he began by saying how “incredibly proud” he was of his younger brother.

He then went on to say how touched he had been by the support he had received in Manchester since Saturday’s shock result.

He said: “I've been incredibly honoured and humbled by the support that you have given me. But we have a great new new leader and we all have to get behind him.

“I'm really, really, really proud. I'm so proud of my campaign, I'm so proud of my party but above all I'm incredibly proud of my brother.

“Ed is a special person to me. Now he is a special person to you and our job is to make him a special person for all the British people.”

The shadow foreign secretary has not yet revealed whether he will stand for election to serve in his younger brother's shadow cabinet.

Despite clearly being devastated by losing the leadership to his younger brother after years of being the front-runner, Mr Miliband attempted to put a brave face on his defeat.


Source: BBC News

What influence did Ralph Miliband have on his sons?
By Michael Crick
political editor

His remains rest under the watchful eye of Karl Marx.

In a corner of Highgate cemetery in north London, 12 yards or so from Marx's famous statue and tomb, lies a small square stone. "Writer Teacher Socialist" reads the simple inscription.

Ralph Miliband was one of Britain's foremost political theoreticians, an academic of world renown. And he was proud to proclaim himself a Marxist.

The Miliband brothers
David and Ed were encouraged to debate from an early age

He died in 1994, a few weeks before Tony Blair took over the Labour Party.

By then he could see, with great unease, both his sons embarking on careers within what soon become known as New Labour - David advising Tony Blair, and Ed in the other camp, working for Gordon Brown.

Ralph Miliband was not a Marxist in the Marxist-Leninist sense. He was no fan of the Soviet dictatorships and one-party states. Nor did he believe in violent revolution to overthrow capitalism.