Hillary Clinton, the American Secretary of State, recently declared, when teased for developing a crush on the Foreign Secretary because of his British accent: “Well, if you saw him it would be a big crush. I mean, he is so vibrant, vital, attractive, smart.”
The British press tends, in its curmudgeonly way, to be less complimentary about Mr Miliband, and to pour scorn on the idea that he could ever develop a special relationship with such an alarming woman as Mrs Clinton, who is 18 years older than him and a lot more powerful.
But as Mr Miliband took his place for the foreign affairs debate on the Queen’s Speech, we thought we could detect a spring in his step, as if this latter-day James Bond reckons he has successfully upheld British interests in his dealings with the Secretary of State.
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