Rearranging the deckchairs on the Weymouth Belle. It's complete irrelevance as to who leads this bunch of war-mongering Marxists. The UK is doomed to years of Beiruit-style conflict with the Muslims. My family now lives and works abroad. Good luck UK, you're going to need it.

Oh dear Rose. "Family values" are usually an attempt to impose archaic, pre-medieval, immoral values on our bedrooms and on our living arrangements. I'll have children (or not) with whomsoever I choose, sleep (or not) with whoever I want to (so long as he/she/they all consent), and as for marriage/divorce/civil partnership/cohabitation/living separately... I'm not going to come round and ask you before I finalise my living arrangements. If you have any interest on imposing your absurd "moral" codes on me (lets bet, you got yours from your imaginary invisible friend? The one who wrote that book about 2000 years ago but hasn't popped back to say hi since?) then I have no idea why you have any interest in the Labour leadership election at all - the Tories might even be too left-wing for you these days, have you thought about the BNP?

Seems like Ed M has no hang ups about challenging anyone for the Leadership, something which his brother David M had much difficulty in facing up to 2 years ago. Opportunities only come once, and you have to seize the moment.
But whoever wins, there will be a place for either brother in the Shadow Cabinet. Burnham could give David the Shadow HO and Ed the Shadow Leader of the House and perhaps Deputy Leader in the course of time.

...and with the majority of the labour electorate

funny I can think of a decent second best role for all the other candidates ecept david
....he's the most likely to fade away if he doesn't get the main prize...worryingly insubstantial

Ever since the start of the leadership contest, Ed Miliband has been obsessed about Iraq, despite the fact the last of the British troops left Iraq last year. I want to see a leader who can provide strong opposition to David Cameron, how on earth can we expect Ed Miliband to provide strong opposition when his favourite subject (Iraq) is:

(i) No longer an issue.

(ii) An issue which David Cameron was not involved in.

Ed Miliband SEEMS TO DESTROY family values. HE DID IT USING HIS MANIFESTO TO LOSE THE ELECTION AND NOW HE IS DOING IT TO HIS OWN BROTHER. I DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE IN HIS STYLE WHATSOEVER. HE IS A SMOOTH TALKER THAT DELIVERS BROKEN PROMISES. I DONT WANT HIM TO BE LEADER FOR THESE REASONS AND IF HE IS WILL VOTE TORY IN FUTURE. I WOULD RATHER HAVE DAVID CAMERON EVEN THOUGH I AM LABOUR. I REALLY HOPE DAVID MILIBAND WINS. DAVID MILIBAND IS NOT A BLAIRITE. HE HAS MOVED ON FROM BLAIR DAYS. HE DID THE BEST IN THE LEADERSHIP DEBATE AND HE COMES ACROSS MORE AS THE ONE WHO UNITES THE PARTIES AND A PRIME MINISTER IN WAITING..
IT WAS ED MILIBAND WHO WAS THE CHIEF ADVISOR TO GORDON BROWN NOT DAVID MILIBAND. GORDON BROWN AND ED MILIBAND CAUSED US TO LOSE THE ELECTION. COME ON PARTY MEMBERS WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE. ED MILIBAND IS JUST SHOWING FAMILY MEMBERS HOW TO BETRAY THEIR LOVED ONES IN PUBLIC. HIS RUTHLESSNESS IS WORTHLESS AND A CON. HE MAY STAB LABOUR VOTERS IN THE BACK IF HE GETS IN.
I AM ASTONISHED TO HEAR HOW LABOUR VOTERS SUPPORT SOMEONE LIKE ED MILIBAND WHO DESTROYS FAMILY VALUES. IF THEY VOTE ED MILIBAND IN THEN DAVID CAMERON WILL ENJOY CHEWING HIM UP .
VOTE FOR THE PERSON WITH REAL VALUES AND VISION AND WHO WILL ACTUALLY DELIVER, SMART ENOUGH TO DEFEAT THE TORIES AND RESTORE BRITAIN TO BE A WORLD LEADER.
THAT IS DAVID MILIBAND FOR LEADER AND PRIME MINISTER.

Rose - Something wrong with your Caps lock, or are you just shouting at us?

The fact that you're considering voting Tory in future is already sustained by your odd preoccupation with "family values". Perhaps your political affiliations were more naturally suited to the Conservative Party all along?

Rose you've just added a fair few votes to whoever you're not voting for,

you're a little bit mad