his reluctance to support air strikes against extremist targets in Syria. Personal life Miliband is married to Justine Thornton, a High Court Judge. The couple met in 2002 and lived together in north London before becoming engaged in March 2010 and wed in May 2011. They have two sons, Daniel, born 2009, and Samuel, born 2010. Miliband is of Jewish heritage — the first ethnically Jewish leader of the Labour Party — and describes himself as a Jewish atheist. After marrying Thornton in a civil ceremony on 27 May 2011, he paid tribute to his Jewish heritage by following the tradition of breaking a glass. In 2012, Miliband wrote, "Like many others from Holocaust families, I have a paradoxical relationship with this history. On one level I feel intimately connected with it – this happened to my parents and grandparents. On another, it feels like a totally different world." Styles Mr. Edward Samuel Miliband (1969–2005) Mr. Edward Samuel Miliband MP (2005–2007) The Right Honourable Edward Samuel Miliband MP (2007–present) Other works In June 2017, Miliband guest-presented Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show. Miliband co-hosts a popular podcast, entitled Reasons to be Cheerful, with radio presenter Geoff Lloyd. In November 2017, Miliband and Lloyd appeared as joint guests on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast. Notes References Sources Further reading Hasan, Mehdi, Macintyre, James (2011) "Ed: The Milibands and the making of a Labour leader" Biteback, External links Profile at Labour.org.uk (archived) Ed Miliband collected news and commentary at The Telegraph |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1969 births Living people Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Alumni of the London School of Economics Atheist feminists British people of Belgian-Jewish descent British Secretaries of State Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster English atheists English feminists English people of Belgian descent English people of Polish-Jewish descent English socialists Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Jewish atheists Jewish British politicians Jewish feminists Jewish socialists Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Leaders of the Labour Party (UK) Male feminists Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People from the London Borough of Camden Politics of Doncaster English socialist feminists UK MPs 2005–2010 UK MPs 2010–2015 UK MPs 2015–2017 UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–present 20th-century atheists 21st-century atheists