When God closes a door, he opens a window. Now one of our longest-serving MPs is retiring from the Commons, rumours are swirling that a big New Labour beast plans to take his place. Barry Sheerman, 81, is standing down at the next election, having served Huddersfield since 1979. Given the West Yorkshire seat’s rock-solid Labour credentials, moves are afoot to bounce one David Miliband into the seat. You remember Dave: he just missed out on becoming Labour leader in 2010 after losing the election contest to his brother ‘Red Ed’. Barry Sheerman, 81, is standing down at the next election, having served Huddersfield since 1979 RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Unsavoury mid-life crisis… or something even more… ANDREW PIERCE: Red to Blue – it could be you, film tells MPs Share this article The choice of constituency is no accident: Miliband is close to Sheerman’s daughter Madlin Sadler, who was an adviser to the Blairite MP and ran his doomed Labour leadership campaign. Today, Sadler is chief operating officer at New York’s International Rescue Committee, the charity run in glitzy fashion by Miliband himself — who is paid more than $1 million (£750,000) a year. Some Huddersfield Labour activists,… Read full this story
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