[Nedusa]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I don't see it that way, David was naturally bruised by his Brothers win over him and it was a very narrow one,mainly thanks to the Union votes.

However, being fair it would have been difficult for David to have remained really active in politics in the UK, I hope however that he will return in the future at some time.
The reason it would have been difficult would have been for both Ed as leader and David as an MP or Cabinet Minister and also for the Labour party too.

The media would have been hounding them and looking for the slightest disagreements between them,always trying to get one or the other to say something against each other.
Any slight disagreement would have been blown out of all proportion and would have been all we heard about which would have damaged Ed as leader,David as a politician and the Labour party at large too.

I was a bit saddened at David leaving UK politics but I can see why he felt for his good and his Brothers leadership but also for the Party's good in the main that it was in this case the best course of action to take.
Good luck to him and I hope he does well in his career in the States.

Good Post Joey.........I agree with the points you make but I still feel it's very noble of David Miliband to just lose one contest and then throw away his Political career and walk off into the Sunset.

when you think of all he has had to fight for to get to the high office he achieved then you have to wonder why the threat of the press having a go at him when he disagrees with his brother, would make him give all this up.

as you say he may come back to frontline UK politics in the future but I fear his time may have come and gone and that he will never again rise to the Ministerial heights he once occupied.