As a Jewish person, he should now know what is only too evident. This is that the more accommodation, the more consideration given to certain adherents of Islam, the more contempt. The contempt for those who grovel and supplicate in their behaviour should be obvious. The militant Islamists only respect the "strong horse".
Shades of Lord Allenby, whose forces destroyed the forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1917.
‘Minister’ Milliband? Milliband is not yet a minister of any description, although he did briefly hold ministerial office in the last Labour government.