I’ve met this lad a couple of times - a genuinely personable and approachable man. He gets so much stick from the Labour right because - as we’ve seen since Starmer became Labour leader - they’re far more powerful and impactful than the membership as a whole. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Why has Labour briefed against Ed Miliband – is it his success and popularity?Tories, Reform, fossil fuel industry and some in his party lined up against net zero agenda as energy secretarywww.theguardian.com