UK's new opposition leader says he will bury era of former leader Tony Blair

[Gerald]

LONDON (AP) — Britain's surprise new Labour Party leader Ed Miliband on Monday pledged to bury the era of Tony Blair, promising to guide to power a generation of lawmakers untainted by divisive decisions over the Iraq war and the global financial crisis.

The 40-year-old Ed Miliband, his party's youngest postwar leader, has vowed to radically overhaul Blair's pro-business and Washington-friendly platform, but dismissed critics who call him "Red Ed," and have warned he will shift the centrist party toward the political left-wing.

He narrowly defeated his better-known brother David Miliband — the longtime favorite for the post — to became party leader in a vote of legislators, party activists and about 3.5 million labor union members

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Note:Published September 27, 2010