The David & Ed Show

If you're in the UK you've probably already had your fill of the Labour Party leadership election saga, and more particularly the soap opera that has surrounded the two Milliband brothers, David and Ed who both ran for the top job.

For those of you non-UK folks, the edited version is that whilst David was always the favourite to win, and was indeed the winner of both the Labour MPs and nationwide party members vote, the larger Union 'block' vote (many of who’s members are not actually members of the Labour party) 'swung it for Ed' as one of the tabloid newspaper quoted a Union official boasting.

Publicly, all has been sweetness, light, and brotherly love.

However, as communication is so much more than the words we say, listening to the wider message from the two siblings has been much more interesting.

David, the older and more experienced one of the two, has through his grace supported and bolstered support for his brother, even though his smile told a very different, sad story. He's the eloquent, inspirational, funny communicator with the brain of a scientist on his shoulders suddenly with very little to say, and not sure what to do.

Ed; younger, geekier, more difficult and less eloquent, stumbled over his protestations of love and support for his beaten brother.
And now what? David must decide by later today whether to stay and be a part of the now very different vision his brother will create.
The positives and negatives of the situation are almost the stuff of fiction, and I'll leave that for you to imagine and play out in your own mind.
For me, my prediction, based on the body language of both brothers, especially evident during Ed's first leader's speech yesterday is that David, graceful as ever, will not put his name forward to be part of his brother's team.
Let's see...