5 Tony Blair Supporters Who Back Ed Miliband, And 5 Who Really Don't

Which Blarites Love Ed, And Which Ones Really Hate Him?
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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair gestures as he talks during a Policy Review meeting as Cabinet Parliamentary Secretary Ed Miliband, right looks on, inside 10 Downing Street London, Monday Jan. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, WPA POOL)
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Ed Miliband has sought to move the Labour Party on from Tony Blair's "mistakes", which has upset and annoyed some high-profile Blairites.

Charles Clarke, who served as Blair's home secretary and education secretary, told the Huffington Post UK's Mehdi Hasan today that Miliband had not "set out a clear statement of what Labour would actually do" to give voters a reason to back Labour and relied instead on an "assembly of odd policies like the electricity [price] freeze or whatever".

Blair himself has switched between warning Labour against becoming a "repository for people's anger" and praising Miliband for his "bold" plans to change the party's links with the trade unions.

How do the rest of Blair's supporters feel about the current Labour leader? HuffPost UK presents ten top Blairites, who are split down the middle over whether they are for or against Ed Miliband's leadership.

Blairites For/Against Ed Miliband
For: Tessa Jowell(01 of06)
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Jowell, formerly culture secretary under Blair, told HuffPostUK's Mehdi Hasan that Miliband is "very funny, incredibly warm, very empathetic".
Against: Alan Milburn(02 of06)
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Blair's former health secretary recently laid into Miliband for not being pro-business enough, warning: "The Eds need to say it and look like they really mean it."
Against: John Reid(03 of06)
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Lord Reid, Blair's former home secretary, warned last year that Miliband's Labour should stop being a "voice of protest" and offer "solutions".
For: Andrew Adonis(04 of06)
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Lord Adonis, formerly an advisor in Blair's No 10 Policy Unit, has been working on his "growth review" for Ed Miliband.
For: John McTernan(05 of06)
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McTernan, former head of political strategy for Blair, has praised Miliband for his "steel' and remarked that he was emerging as the "true heir to Blair".
Against: John Rentoul(06 of06)
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Blair's biographer John Rentoul has previously said that Miliband "has to go" if Labour is to win.