Millions duped by "fixed" competition

There was anger this morning as a BBC investigation revealed that the contest for the Labour Party leadership has been fixed. Former cabinet ministers have spent hundreds of pounds in phone calls to David Miliband in an attempt to persuade him to enter the competition but the BBC probe shows that the winner was picked in advance. Caller Charles Clarke says he is appalled by the revelations. "I have been calling David every morning for weeks - seems I was wasting my money."

Miliband regrets chancing his arm after brutal response by Brown

After yesterday's events it is believed that David Miliband is having second thoughts about running for the Labour leadership.

Miliband: Hundred per cent cut in emissions by 2010

Environment Secretary David Miliband says latest projections suggest that the Labour government will cut emissions entirely by 2010. With the next general election three years away Mr Miliband says that Labour will easily achieve the ambitious target. "Under the leadership of Mr Brown there is no doubt in my mind that we will not be emitting any more damaging policies, Bills or Acts because we'll all be sitting on the opposition benches listening to Mr Cameron drone on." The Tories and Liberal Democrats have welcomed the proposals.

Miliband in Brown "twat" gaffe

David Miliband was today forced into an embarrassing climbdown after describing Gordon Brown as a "twat" on last night's Question Time. The Secretary of State for Environment, an arch-Blairite tipped as a future Labour leader, said: "If Gordon becomes Prime Minister I guarantee that in six months time people will be saying 'Fuck me, even that little prick Tony Blair was better than this dour twat. Why the hell is this tit our prime Minister?' " Asked by David Dimbleby to explain his remarks, he said: "Whoever's in – people always have a whack at you, that's the joy of politics." A spokesman for Miliband said today: "David was pointing out the fickle nature of political life, so piss off."