David Miliband boosted by Dennis Skinner's endorsement

Team DM has broadened its base

David Miliband's campaign team has been looking round for some time for an endorsement that would broaden the look of its base, as part of the attempt necessarily to shed the "Blairite" image that threatens to harm their candidate.

Now it has found its man. Here is Dennis Skinner:

The big question is who are the Tories afraid of? Who is the best candidate to stand up against Cameron at the dispatch box? Who has the best chance to beat Cameron in an election...