Hague to Miliband-You're a geek like me

A warning from William Hague to David Miliband in this morning's Times no doubt basesd on his own bitter experiences.

He tells him that

he thinks this is the wrong moment for Mr Miliband, who is 43, to challenge Gordon Brown. “He is very clever, there is no doubt about that, but he has not yet developed the weight that is necessary, and cleverness cannot make up for that,” he said. “I respect him, but he's an unknown quantity. On the basis of my experience, the best thing for him to do would be to sit it out for a decade.”

Quite and some more advice from the former Tory leader

“People want normal politicians and David Miliband is more geeky, more like me,David Cameron could wear a baseball cap, whereas Miliband would find it harder to appear normal. I must have a word with him and give him some advice - don't try to be normal when you aren't. As I never want to be leader of my party again, I don't have to try to be normal any more.”