The energy secretary secured his reputation as a backstabber all the way back in 2010, when he sneakily chose to run against older brother David Miliband for the Labour leadership. David was clear favourite, the natural heir to Tony Blair and by far the more electable candidate. Ed only jumped in after his brother’s campaign was up and running, in a treacherous move that risked a family civil war. Then he doubled down by shamelessly stitching together enough support from the unions to sneak over the line.

Tory MP Michael Fallon famously said Ed had “stabbed his own brother in the back” and would be willing to “stab the UK in the back” to become PM. Happily, voters had their guard up. Ed Miliband’s hard-left Labour was crushed by David Cameron’s Tories in the 2015 general election. Today, Fallon’s warning is more haunting than ever. Business newspaper Bloomberg has just published an astonishing account of the coup against Starmer that paints Miliband as the man orchestrating events. He’s just as sneaky as ever. The old knife never left his hand.

The Labour Party has been thrust into an intra-party blood feud and Miliband’s prints are all over the blade. Instead of rallying around a struggling leader at a time of national crisis, he’s spent his days plotting against the PM for his own ends.

Keir Starmer‘s allies are furious. They openly accuse Miliband of betrayal and compare it to the way he brought down his own brother. The timing is rotten too. Britain faces economic turmoil, global instability and collapsing public finances, but that won’t stop him.

Miliband has allegedly been pushing ministers and MPs to tell Starmer his time is up, while publicly pretending to stand above the fray. He’s also said to have privately dismissed Angela Rayner as “not up to it”, and is gearing up to stand as the candidate of the Left if Burnham cannot get into Parliament.

Rival Wes Streeting hasn’t got the numbers. Burnham hasn’t got the seat. Rayner hasn’t got a clue. Miliband is the king maker. If Burnham can’t stand, he will.

Miliband already wreaks enough havoc in his current role. His net zero crusade is destroying industry and hammering hard-pressed households. In a final act of “wilful destruction” he wants to shut down North Sea oil and gas forever. As if that wasn’t enough, he’s plunging Labour into a fraternal struggle. Which is so him.

Markets are already panicking at the idea that Andy Burnham will become PM. Bond investors fear he’ll unleash a tax, borrowing and spending blitz, triggering a bond market meltdown and sterling crisis, Liz Truss style. PM Ed Miliband would be still more terrifying.

The next PM will be chosen by a coterie of left-wing MPs, activist and trade unionists. Which means Ed Miliband will almost certainly win.

He started by turning the knife on his brother, now it’s the turn of his boss. Starmer handed him a dream job and this is how he repays him. We’re next.

Britain never voted for the hard-left policies that Keir Starmer has delivered, after pretending to be a moderate. And it would never have voted for Miliband’s crazy ways. If Red Ed does become PM he should step down and call an election. But he won’t. This two-faced plotter will have three years as PM before we get a chance to vote him out. Better watch your backs.