"If Ed Miliband possessed an ounce of humility or self-knowledge, he would have searched his conscience and ruled himself out of becoming foreign secretary," writes David Blair
"His share of responsibility for one of the most calamitous foreign policy blunders in recent times is a terrible warning of what kind of a foreign secretary he will turn out to be.
"Britain’s allies – particularly America and the Gulf states – will probably be dismayed by his promotion.
Our enemies, by contrast, have good reason to be mightily encouraged."
Read more from David Blair: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/20/no-worse-choice-foreign-secretary-ed-miliband/
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