14 September 2020updated 21 Sep 2021 5:48am

Ed Miliband returns as Labour leader – for a night

The former Labour leader, standing in for Keir Starmer, attacked Boris Johnson's cavalier approach to law, order and the EU.

By Harry Lambert

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 04: Labour party Leader Ed Miliband waits to speak at the Citizens UK event at Westminster Central Hall on May 4, 2015 in London, England. Prime Minister David Cameron was due to attend the event but sent MP Sajid Javid instead to represent the Conservatives at the event where more than 2,200 voters get the chance to grill party leaders on what they plan to do to improve social justice. Britain goes to the polls to elect a new parliament on May 7. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

More than five years after he was outmaneuvered by David Cameron in his final outing at PMQs, Ed Miliband returned to the despatch box tonight in the guise of an opposition leader, if only for an evening.

Standing in for Keir Starmer and responding to Boris Johnson’s opening statement on the Internal Markets Bill, Miliband was lit by indignation as he methodically outlined the government’s oscillations and inconsistencies over the Withdrawal Agreement – the Brexit departure deal that Johnson is now threatening to circumvent.