Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy
Britain’s foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is to indicate he will put the climate crisis and overseas development at the heart of UK international relations by taking up the country’s seat on the board at the World Bank.
The position, which is usually delegated to a junior minister, means Miliband will play an active role in shaping the changes to the World Bank that developing countries have called for, and ensuring the climate remains a core focus for overseas aid.
Miliband, who was energy and net zero secretary under Keir Starmer, will say: “International development is not an add-on to British foreign policy – it is central to it. By taking on the role of UK governor to the World Bank, I want to send an unambiguous signal that this government is serious about its global leadership on development and climate.”
Maybe Burnham doesn't care about Ed's machinations and sees this move as a lone voice from a mysterious global outfit most voters don't understand.
Yet in spite of his heavy focus on Manchester and repeated guff about the cost of living, Burnham is likely to be another globalist Prime Minister. No doubt we'll soon see how things pan out for Mad Ed.
4 comments:
Mad Ed ... many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.
The World Bank for Weird Ed? This suggests that the World Bank should be closed down, along with the WHO and sundry other "World" and "European" bodies. The UN too, perhaps.
A wee beauty from the Telegraph: "tax-incurious Angela Rayner".
James - and many a slip twixt bacon sandwich and lip.
dearieme - yes, from what I see we'd certainly be better off without the World Bank and the others you mention.
We'd be better off without "tax-incurious Angela Rayner" too, although without her we'd miss the enjoyment we get from names like that.
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