Having initially been tipped for the role of chancellor, former Labour leader Ed Miliband has been appointed foreign secretary by Andy Burnham, the UK's new prime minister. Iraq war was 'wrong'When Miliband became the Labour leader in 2010, his opposition to the Iraq war became a key way of separating himself from his predecessors Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - and from his main rival, older brother David Miliband. In his first conference speech as leader, Miliband said the war had led to a “fundamental loss of trust” in Labour. Ed Miliband did not vote for or against the Iraq war as he became MP for Doncaster North in 2005, two years after the invasion. Opposed joining Iran warWhen the US and Israel launched their war on Iran in late February, Miliband was also a key figure in opposing UK involvement.