Tories get personal, accusing Ed Miliband of ‘back-stabbing’ his brother

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has attacked Ed Miliband’s integrity under the cover of the Trident renewal debate, saying he “stabbed his own brother in the back” to become leader of the Labour party.

Mr Fallon has said the Tories will commit in their manifesto to renewing the Trident nuclear deterrent with four submarines.

But he used some stark language to question Labour’s commitment to the weapon system and the substance of a possible alliance between the party and the SNP, which is against renewal.

“Ed Miliband stabbed his own brother in the back to become Labour leader,” he told The Times. “Now he is willing to stab the United Kingdom in the back to become prime minister.”