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====Run-up to the 2015 general election==== During the run-up to the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], Fallon wrote an article in ''[[The Times]]'' saying that [[Ed Miliband]] had stabbed his brother [[David Miliband]] in the back to [[2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|become Labour leader]] and he would also stab Britain in the back to become prime minister. Fallon subsequently declined the opportunity to describe Miliband as a decent person and his comments embarrassed some Conservative supporters. Miliband gave a response, saying that Fallon had fallen below his usual standards and demeaned himself, which the ''[[New Statesman]]'' asserted was dignified, contrasting with Fallon's counter-productive personal attack.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eaton |first=George |date=9 April 2015 |title=Michael Fallon's attack backfires, leaving Miliband to emerge as the decent man |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/04/fallons-attack-backfires-miliband-emerges-decent-man |newspaper=[[New Statesman]] |author-link=George Eaton (journalist) |access-date=20 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412020804/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/04/fallons-attack-backfires-miliband-emerges-decent-man |archive-date=12 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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