Tory fury as Miliband blames Cameron over migrant deaths

Labour denies ‘personal attack’ after Tories slam ‘provocative and shameful’ foreign affairs speech

The Mole

A furious row broke out this morning after the BBC reported that Ed Miliband was due to make a personal attack on David Cameron over the deaths of thousands of migrants in the Mediterranean.

Miliband’s office was forced to deny he was blaming Cameron personally when he planned to say in a speech later today that the recent tragedies at sea were a direct result of the failure of post–conflict planning following the British and French-led attack on Libya in 2011.

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