With many of Labour's most eloquent Europhiles, not least his brother, David, on the sidelines, Miliband's
shadow cabinet contains voices
ranging from the nuanced Europhilia of Douglas Alexander to the more ambivalent stance of Ed Balls, who has lumped Cameron and European leaders together under the general heading of «catastrophic».
After paying tribute to the four other leadership candidates for their comradeship and collegiality during the campaign, and thanking the broad
range of people who nominated her (from Phil Woolas to John McDonnell), she announced her intention to stand for the
shadow cabinet.