Poll shows Labour Members back Ed Miliband to replace Starmer

Ed Miliband should succeed Keir Starmer as Labour leader, say party members - half of whom believe they will lose the next election if the Prime Minister stays in post. In a poll indicating the level of unhappiness among the rank and file, the Energy Secretary emerged as the surprise frontrunner. Mr Miliband - nicknamed Red Ed and widely mocked for his bacon sandwich-eating skills - led Labour from 2010 before quitting in 2015 after David Cameron won a majority at the end of five years of coalition. Yet despite this, he had the highest approval rating of the likely candidates to replace Sir Keir among members who would elect a leader in a contest.