Ed Miliband is tearing up the script to become the UK's most formidable foreign secretary in decades

Ed Miliband is tearing up the script to become the UK's most formidable foreign secretary in decades Submitted by Peter Oborne on Mon, 09/07/2026 - 10:50 The settlement goods ban looks set to be seismic – a sign that Britain has the makings of a new, independent foreign policy Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband poses during a meeting with his French counterpart at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on 29 July (AFP) Off Rarely has a British foreign secretary come under such ferocious attack as Ed Miliband over the past weeks. Miliband provoked a two-pronged assault when he announced his intention to impose punitive measures against Israel in an attempt to halt settler violence – and rescue the prospect of a Palestinian state. The foreign secretary is set to announce a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements on Tuesday.