Ed Miliband managed to escape a dressing down by Marco Rubio on Wednesday over his past remarks about Donald Trump. Mr Miliband had earlier ignored questions about whether he still thought Mr Trump was an "idiot, a racist and a misogynist" as he shook hands with Mr Rubio. Mr Miliband was asked for the second time whether his remarks had resurfaced, and whether they had harmed UK-US relations. "In my meeting with UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, we discussed the need for Europe to take a greater role in its own security," he said. "We did not join offensive action in this war," the Foreign Secretary insisted.