Will Brown serve up some cold revenge?

One of the great political losers of the past six months has been David Miliband.  Only last August, he was launching his attempt on the party leadership and Polly Toynbee was feting him as Labour’s best chance for a bright future.  But shares in the Foreign Secretary started plummeting in the wake of those infamous banana and ‘Heseltine’ moments.  And, after his disastrous visit to India – during which he embarrassed himself and, by extension, the UK on the world stage – one wonders whether he’s got any political capital left at all. 

There’s certainly a stronger case now that he shouldn’t remain in the role of Foreign Secretary – Milibandiplomacy just isn’t the way forward, as Andrew Pierce forcefully suggests in today’s Telegraph – and this viewpoint is becoming more and more prevelant among Labour folk I speak to.  All of which means that Brown can finally get some revenge for Miliband’s abortive coup.