UK's new opposition leader says he will bury era of former leader Tony Blair
Britain's surprise new Labour Party leader Ed Miliband on Monday pledged to bury the era of Tony Blair, promising to guide to power a generation of lawmakers untainted by divisive decisions over the Iraq war and the global financial crisis.
The 40-year-old Ed Miliband, his party's youngest postwar leader, has vowed to radically overhaul Blair's pro-business and Washington-friendly platform, but dismissed critics who call him "Red Ed," and have warned he will shift the centrist party toward the political left-wing.
Arriving at the second day of the party's annual conference in Manchester, northern England, Miliband said he planned to ditch the policies of Blair's New Labour — which moved the party away from its working class roots toward the political center-ground, winning three national election victories and 13 years in office....
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The 40-year-old Ed Miliband, his party's youngest postwar leader, has vowed to radically overhaul Blair's pro-business and Washington-friendly platform, but dismissed critics who call him "Red Ed," and have warned he will shift the centrist party toward the political left-wing.
Arriving at the second day of the party's annual conference in Manchester, northern England, Miliband said he planned to ditch the policies of Blair's New Labour — which moved the party away from its working class roots toward the political center-ground, winning three national election victories and 13 years in office....