Ed Milliband wins the Labour leadership over his brother with a margin of around 1%.

With a debt apparently owed to the Unions and perhaps the old left, will he be able to create a credible shadow cabinet of MPs who didn't support his candidacy?

Is Labour doomed to a Parliament of infighting as they try to discover the successor to New Labour?

What kind of opposition can they be expected to provide - and does the "deficit deniers" charge this drive the Liberal Democrats further into the Conservative's arms?

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