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David Miliband says he is optimistic about potential Burnham government
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- PA Media Image caption, David Miliband is a former foreign secretary.
- He said the expected appointment of the former Labour cabinet minister James Purnell as Burnham's Downing Street chief of staff was "fantastic".
- "I haven't lost my youthful optimism," Miliband told an event organised by the Center for Global Development think tank.
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PA Media Image caption, David Miliband is a former foreign secretary. The former Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said he is "optimistic" about the prospect of Andy Burnham becoming the next prime minister.
Miliband told a think tank event in London on Friday that Burnham, who is widely expected to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister, has "this openness and energy that I think is very attractive and positive".
He said the expected appointment of the former Labour cabinet minister James Purnell as Burnham's Downing Street chief of staff was "fantastic".
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