Ed Miliband has said it is ‘gutter politics’ to suggest Vladimir Putin would like him to run Britain

Ed Miliband has attacked Nick Boles, a Conservative education minister, for gutter politics after he tweeted that Valdimir Putin would like the Labour leader to run the country.

The Labour leader is trying to positioning himself as “mature” and “statesmanlike” above such tactics and has called on David Cameron to reign in his “minions”.