Miliband attributes post-conflict treatment of Libya to migrant deaths
Ed Milliband has suggested Prime Minister David Cameron is partly responsible for the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, due to his failure to support post-conflict resolution in Libya.
He claimed the UK had failed to learn the lessons of Iraq, the Labour leader also blamed Cameron for the "biggest loss of influence in a generation" when it comes to the UK's international standing.
Nobody can disagree with the idea that the failure of post-conflict planning has been responsible for some of the situation we see in Libya.
"Britain could have played its part in ensuring the international community stood by the people of Libya in practice rather than standing behind the unfounded hopes of potential progress only in principle," he said.
Outlining his foreign policies in London, Miliband promised to repair said damage to global reputation over the last term and limit foreign intervention wherever possible.
However, the speech was deemed inflammatory by some senior Conservatives. Conservative Environment Secretary Liz Truss called the remarks "absolutely offensive", while former Foreign Secretary said they were "ill-judged and opportunistic".
When asked if his speech was a direct attack on Cameron, Miliband said: "As far as what is happening with the tragic scenes of people drowning in the Mediterranean, that is the result of the people traffickers."
"But nobody can disagree with the idea that the failure of post-conflict planning has been responsible for some of the situation we see in Libya and indeed people then fleeing," he added.