Even when David Miliband is looking like he is praising his kid brother, he still can’t resist twisting the knife in every so often. This month it is the turn of GQ to interview the part-time MP:

“The British people are very good at – how I can put this delicately? – the British admire nothing so much as someone who’s lost, that is a very endearing British quality. Everyone has disappointments in their life and so it creates an immediate point of empathy.”

Ed may be having a good week, but that is more the fault of the Tories. Strange of David to play up his connection to the people as if someone else is lacking it…