The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.
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Ed Miliband
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About Ed Miliband
Edward Samuel Miliband is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since July 2026. He previously served as Energy Secretary from 2008 to 2010 under Gordon Brown and from 2024 to 2026 under Keir Starmer. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005. Miliband was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2010 to 2015.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Ed MilibandI don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
It's really important to say this. Often the faith schools were founded before the state provided education. I want good education in this country so I'm not going to slag off faith schools. I think …
The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.
And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.
I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.