The former prime minister on Tuesday slammed Mr Miliband as 'an appalling choice' after Andy Burnham elevated the energy secretary to the great office of state.
Ed Miliband is angry. Reports that the former Labour leader has been ditched as Andy Burnham's chancellor have apparently turned Red Ed a peculiar shade of puce.
Anger at the Energy Secretary's refusal to allow licences for new oil drilling in North Sea has surged among MPs in recent weeks in the wake of soaring energy bills following the Iran war.
The jump in prices caused by the Iran conflict means the UK is sitting on increasingly valuable resources, but can't cash in on them unless the Energy Secretary stops his attacks on fossil-fuel firms.