SON OF JEWISH MARXIST FROM POLAND TO LEAD BLAIR'S LABOUR PARTY

Ed Miliband.

Edward Samuel Miliband is the new leader of the UK Labour Party, the party of Tony Blair.

"I intend to lead a Labour Party that remains a true friend to Israel," says Ed Miliband. (image)

Ed Miliband is the son of the late Marxist theorist Ralph Miliband, a Polish Jewish immigrant.

Ed Miliband is the younger brother of David Miliband, the former Foreign Secretary.

From 2003 to 2004, Ed Miliband spent a year's sabbatical at Harvard University, to study and lecture at Harvard's Centre for European Studies.

Ed Miliband's partner is Justine Thornton, a Cambridge-educated barrister.

Ed Miliband is said to be pro-capitalist and pro-globalisation. (Ed Miliband left-wing? They're having a laugh.)