Miliband calls for change in 'leader' cry
FOREIGN Secretary David Miliband today set out his vision of how Labour can win the next election, insisting the party needs to offer "real change".
He warned against "debating personalities" but his wide-ranging remarks in a newspaper article were being widely interpreted as setting out his stall to lead the party in place of Gordon Brown.
Mr Miliband said: "New Labour won three elections by offering real change, not just in policy but in the way we do politics.
"We must do so again. So let's stop feeling sorry for ourselves, enjoy a break, and then find the confidence to make our case afresh."
He warned the party must not yield to "fatalism", arguing that the next election can still be won. And he called for a more mature relationship with the electorate, with the politicians needing to be more humble about their shortcomings.
Mr Miliband did not mention Mr Brown once in his article.
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