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Red Ed...Blair’s ‘disaster-in-waiting’ or an inspiration?

At Labour’s 2005 conference, after Tony Blair had secured a third term in Downing Street and the party still regarded itself as impregnable against Tory ambitions, delegates were seen wearing “My favourite Miliband” badges.

The button pictures of either the elder David or the younger Ed were designed to show there was more to Labour’s future than just Blair or Gordon Brown.