David Miliband should be our PM, says Star Trek’s Patrick Stewart

SIR PATRICK Stewart has said David Miliband “ought really” to be running the UK.

The Mirfield-born actor, who has been vocal in his opposition to Brexit, backed Mr Miliband during the close-fought race for Labour leader in 2010, when he was beaten by his brother Ed.

Sir Patrick said that despite the current political climate there were figures, such as Mr Miliband and some US politicians, in whom he believed.

However, he said he felt a profound sense of anxiety that things in the US were not going to turn out the way he hoped.

Asked who he was able to trust today, Sir Patrick said: “There are individuals that I believe in.

“For instance, I believe in David Miliband, who is now running the International Rescue Committee from New York, and ought really to be running the UK.

“But you know what happened there. There are some of the contenders for the American presidency who I have great respect for, though I also have profound anxiety that it’s not going to turn out the way I would like it to turn out.”

Rumours of a rift between the Miliband brothers dominated the 2010 Labour leadership election. Mr Miliband stood down from the Labour frontbench and quit as an MP in 2013 to head the International Rescue Committee.

Sir Patrick, who stars in the Amazon Prime Video series Star Trek: Picard, described Brexit earlier this month as “the grimmest thing” to have happened to him in his political life.

Speaking at the show’s premiere in London, said: “It makes me very, very sad.”

Star Trek: Picard will launch on Amazon Prime Video this Friday.