David Miliband appears to be leading this race

But his brother's camp is still talking tough

The ComRes-BBC Daily Politics poll highlighted by my colleague Caroline Crampton appears to have breathed new life into the David Miliband campaign for the Labour leadership, showing him ahead among councillors polled in first, second and third preference votes.

The results echo those in past "primaries" and appear to show David Miliband on course to victory even after the distribution of votes during knock-out stages. The poll appears to...