Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions. David Miliband analysisempathyestablish Change image and share on social
John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative! David Miliband backcameroncon Change image and share on social
I've learnt that, sometimes, how others see you is not the same as how you see yourself. I've learnt about how you can be multitasking - and sometimes other people see that you're multitasking. And that's not very nice for them. David Miliband havelearnmultitask share on social
You know, you only get to live life once, so there are two things that that yields. One is that there's no point in crying over spilt milk, but secondly you hate wasting time, energy, and whatever talent you've got. David Miliband cryenergyhate share on social
The 1970s - I was ten in 1975 - were a bad decade in all sorts of ways but the middle class had comfortable assumptions about the prospects for its children. The middle class was smaller then; it was a much less competitive Britain, less meritocratic. David Miliband 1970sassumptionbad share on social
My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood, not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze. David Miliband capitalismchildhooddad share on social
The whole of government needs to contribute to the shared goal of restructuring the British economy. But that means taking on the myth that the Treasury either knows best or can run it all. It just doesn't. David Miliband britishcontributeeconomy share on social
My favourite poem is called 'Roots and Wings' - it's a very moving poem about how if you've got real roots you can fly. David Miliband callfavouritefly Change image and share on social
One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought. David Miliband categorycountrydiversity share on social
I do not speak Hebrew, but I understand that it has no word for 'history.' The closest word for it is memory. David Miliband closehebrewhistory Change image and share on social