Ed Miliband Leads Bid to Oust Keir Starmer 11 Years After 2015 Election Defeat

13 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 16

Ed Miliband has become a central figure in Labour maneuvering to replace Keir Starmer with a new leader from the party’s soft left, according to people familiar with the effort.
The push reflects how badly damaged Starmer has become inside the party, with Miliband now acting as a power broker rather than a front-line challenger himself.
That marks a striking reversal for Miliband, whose own attempt to lead Labour into government collapsed in 2015 after a three-year polling lead ended in defeat and David Cameron won an unexpected majority.
Eleven years later, the former leadership loser is again shaping Labour’s direction—this time from inside government as energy secretary and kingmaker.

Could Ed Miliband’s radical energy plan save Britain or repeat the costly mistakes of his past?

Can the man who lost Labour a general election in 2015 now save his party from collapse?

Is ousting a 'damaged' Prime Minister a necessary risk or a self-destructive path to chaos?