Why has Labour briefed against Ed Miliband – is it his success and popularity?
‘Miliband has been the most successful minister under the Starmer administration,’ says a climate thinktank. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘Miliband has been the most successful minister under the Starmer administration,’ says a climate thinktank. “Perhaps that is why they have attacked him so viciously.”Rightwing media publications have published frequent editorials attacking Miliband, labelling him a “net-zero zealot” with a “messianic” devotion to climate action.
- ▪‘Miliband has been the most successful minister under the Starmer administration,’ says a climate thinktank.
- ▪Photograph: Carl Court/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘Miliband has been the most successful minister under the Starmer administration,’ says a climate thinktank.
- ▪“Perhaps that is why they have attacked him so viciously.”Rightwing media publications have published frequent editorials attacking Miliband, labelling him a “net-zero zealot” with a “messianic” devotion to climate action.
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‘Miliband has been the most successful minister under the Starmer administration,’ says a climate thinktank. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘Miliband has been the most successful minister under the Starmer administration,’ says a climate thinktank. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty ImagesEd MilibandAnalysisWhy has Labour briefed against Ed Miliband – is it his success and popularity?Fiona Harvey Environment editorTories, Reform, fossil fuel industry and some in his party lined up against net zero agenda as energy secretaryTue 21 Jul 2026 03.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 21 Jul 2026 03.01 EDTShare“Whenever the Labour party feels a bit sad,” according to one close observer of the current government, speaking some months ago, “they wheel out Ed Miliband to talk about…
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