Analysis: Ed Miliband is becoming the UK's most formidable foreign secretary in decades

Submitted by Peter Oborne on Mon, 09/07/2026 - 10:50 The settlement goods ban looks set to be seismic - a sign that Britain has the makings of a new, independent foreign policy Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband poses during a meeting with his French counterpart at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on 29 July (AFP) Off Rarely has a British foreign secretary come under such ferocious attack as Ed Miliband over the past weeks. Miliband provoked a two-pronged assault when he announced his intention to