Same Tony Blair who had "advised" Libya's Gaddafi, too?

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Ed Miliband 'taking advice from Tony Blair'

Ed Miliband has revealed he receives advice from Tony Blair, even though the Labour leader and former prime minister have different ideologies.

Mr Miliband was a close ally of Gordon Brown and leaked memos published last year suggested he played a leading role in the plot to remove Mr Blair from Number 10.

Tony Blair has encouraged Ed Miliband to be his own man (PA)

It seems they have put that episode behind them and the man trying to mastermind a Labour general election victory now feels able to consult someone who led the party to three of them.

Asked about his relationship with Mr Blair, the current Labour leader told the Sunday Telegraph: 'I go and see him every so often and he has been nothing but helpful, supportive, friendly, gives me good advice; and I've got nothing but positive words for the way, from the moment I won and he sent me a note of congratulations, he has behaved in a very supportive way.'

The party's longest-serving prime minister has not used the sessions to encourage the leader of the opposition to adopt more New Labour policies.

Mr Miliband added: 'He and I aren't exactly the same ideologically, partly because times have changed, partly for other reasons as well, but his advice to me is "never do it my way, because it's not going to work!"'

The former prime minister is rumoured to be keen to return to domestic politics after a five-year break, but it is not clear whether he will be offered a prominent role in the Labour party.

'He is obviously an employable statesman who has a portfolio of things he's doing, and a lot to say about important issues, and he will say them in his own way,' Mr Miliband said.

Meanwhile, a new ComRes poll for the Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror gives Labour a nine-point lead over the Conservatives.

Labour had the backing of 41 per cent of the voters quizzed, while the Tories were on 32 per cent and the Liberal Democrats trailed on 11 per cent.