Labour leader Miliband vows to end UK 'isolationism'
London (AFP) - British opposition leader Ed Miliband accused David Cameron's government of "small-minded isolationism" in an election campaign speech Friday, but sparked a row after suggesting the prime minister was partly responsible for the Mediterranean migrant crisis.
In a foreign policy address ahead of the May 7 vote, the Labour party leader said Conservative Party leader Cameron had "stepped away from the world" and was risking the national interest by promising a referendum on Britain's European Union membership.
"David Cameron has presided over the biggest loss of influence for our country in a generation," Miliband told the audience at think tank Chatham House in London. ...
"It is time to reject the small-minded isolationism that has characterised this government. ...
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