The New Statesman’s rolling politics blog   David Miliband on
what Labour needs to do to win, Blue Labour and his future  "It
does feel as if I have been going around attending various
versions of my own funeral". Some highlights from a recent
evening with the former foreign secretary at the Danish embassy.
David Miliband will shortly become the new president and chief
executive of the International Rescue Committee in New York.
Photograph: Getty Images.  Ahead of his departure to the US to
lead the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband hosted
an evening at the UK Danish Embassy last week, taking questions
from an audience of Fabian Society members.  Miliband talked
candidly about what Labour needs to do to win in 2015, his
regret at not taking up the post of EU foreign policy chief and
the significance of ‘Blue Labour’. Here are some highlights from
the evening’s Q&A.  What is your take on the current state of
play in British politics today?  “Today is an incredible
exciting time in British politic