Rebirth of England.

Chapter 783 Prosperous Earth
"I am very pleased that you have accepted this position, Mr Miliband. I have said before that if there is one person who can make the most of this foundation, it is you."

Sitting in front of Barron was a middle-aged man with dark hair who looked quite elegant. After hearing Barron's words, he smiled and said:

“I believe it will be a challenge, but I will try my best to do well.”

Before the Labour Party conference in September this year, Brown resigned as leader of the Labour Party as he had promised.

In fact, as early as May this year, after the results of the British general election came out, in order to facilitate the formation of a coalition government between the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, Brown promised that he would resign as party leader before the Labour Party conference in September.

However, in the end, the Conservative Party led by Cameron successfully formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.

Interestingly, at the Labour Party conference three months ago, the most popular candidates for the position of Labour Party leader were a pair of brothers, David Miliband and his younger brother Ed Miliband.

They both previously held important positions in Brown's cabinet, with David Miliband being the previous Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Ed Miliband being Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

As mentioned before, in the ranking of the British cabinet members, apart from the most important prime minister and chancellor of the exchequer, the next is the foreign secretary, so the importance of David Miliband can be seen.

In the Labour Party leadership election at the time, according to the rankings of bookmakers, David Miliband, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, was most likely to be elected, followed by his brother Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

David Miliband is seen as the favourite to lead the Labour Party, but his brother Ed is seen as the party's best hope.

But the result was unexpected. In the end, David's younger brother Ed Miliband won and became the new leader of the Labour Party after Brown.

Sitting in front of Barron at this time was David Miliband, who had agreed to serve as chairman and CEO of the Prosperous Earth Foundation, which was supported by Barron.

The Prosperity Earth Foundation (PEF) is a non-governmental organization, also known as an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization). The foundation is mainly funded by Barron and some related companies. Its role is very broad and will promote the development and funding of environmental protection, social relief, health care, education, culture and other fields in the UK and overseas.

The reason why Barron was able to invite David Miliband, a heavyweight figure who is quite influential in British politics and the world, to join the Prosperous Earth Foundation (PEF) this time is because the first phase of PEF will receive up to 5 million US dollars in funds, and Barron has no specific requirements for the projects to be carried out by this foundation. The only thing he needs is for David Miliband to improve the structure of this foundation and make it have a certain influence.

As Barron said, David Miliband is arguably the most suitable candidate to head the Prosperous Earth Foundation.

In addition to the fact that he had previously served as the British Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and had good personal relationships with many important figures in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, for example, he had a very good relationship with the current US Secretary of State and former First Lady Hillary Clinton, he was also an important think tank for Brown, and he also participated in the establishment of the European Union Reform Center. In 2001, when EU countries formulated the "Laken Declaration" calling for EU institutional reform, David Miliband was also one of the people who participated in drafting the foreign policy part of the declaration. In addition, after missing out on the position of leader of the Labour Party, David Miliband also hoped to have a platform where he could give full play to his abilities, and accepted the position at Barron's invitation.

In Barron's previous life, David Miliband became the chairman of the International Rescue Organization in 2013, and he was still in this position until Barron was reborn, and he did an excellent job - this is one of the reasons why Barron insisted on inviting him to the Prosperous Earth Foundation.

"Your Highness, this is a draft plan I prepared for the PEF. If there are no problems, I am prepared to work based on it."

After David took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to him, Barron read it carefully, looked up and said to him:
"As I have said to you before, Mr Miliband, initially I will not interfere with your work and you can proceed in the way you think is most appropriate..."

Having said that, it can be clearly seen from the plan that Barron has just seen that Miliband first chose to go beyond the UK and carry out the work of the Prosperous Earth Foundation in Asia and Africa. According to his idea, the PEF headquarters will be established in London, as well as a special research institute. The first step will be to study the relevant conditions in West Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and choose to start with health care and education.

Well, I have to say that David Miliband is quite thoughtful - after all, the current cabinet in the UK is the Conservative Party. Given David's background, if he chooses to start the business of the Prosperous Earth Foundation from within the UK, he will easily be suspected by the other party.

But now that he has skipped Britain and started in West Africa and other regions, it is easier to make Prosperous Earth famous and gain influence, which also shows that he is a wise man who has studied some of Barron's industries and knows how to get more support from Barron...

It is also worth mentioning that David Miliband’s background is very interesting. He was born in London in 1965 and is a descendant of Polish Jewish immigrants…

His father, Ralph Miliband, was a famous Marxist theorist, and his grandfather fought for the Soviet Red Army.

In addition, although he is a Jew, he does not belong to any branch of Zionism. In March of this year, when he was still the Foreign Minister, he expelled Israeli diplomats from the UK, which aroused strong dissatisfaction in the country.

That's because on January 1 of this year, Hamas senior official Mabahouh was found dead in a hotel room in Dubai, UAE.

After investigation, Dubai police believe that agents from the Israeli spy agency Mossad forged other people's passports and entered Dubai to carry out the assassination.

The passports forged were from Britain, France, Germany, Ireland and Australia.

David Miliband then read out a statement in Parliament, saying that Israel was responsible for the misuse of 12 British passports in this assassination, and therefore expelled an Israeli diplomat...

(End of this chapter)