Johnson backs Miliband for leader
Updated on 12 May 2010
Former home secretary Alan Johnson has ruled himself out as a contender for the Labour leadership, announcing he will back David Miliband in the upcoming contest to succeed Gordon Brown.
Mr Johnson had long been tipped as a possible successor to Mr Brown and was one of the leading Cabinet cheerleaders for a coalition with the Liberal Democrats which could have resulted in him taking the top job.
But he has now insisted that Mr Miliband, the former foreign secretary, is the party's "greatest talent" and should be Labour's new leader.
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