Category Archives: Ed Balls
Andrew Neal ambushes Diane Abbott
I happened to catch This Week last night on the Beeb, and noticed that Diane Abbott had re-appeared next to Michael Portillo on the sofa. She’s been off campaigning for the Labour leadership, apparently.
Speaking personally, I have no major feelings either way on her, or her chances of winning the leadership. Frankly, I don’t care [...]
Also posted in MPs Expenses, New Labour, Parliament, Taxpayers' Money Tagged Diane Abbott, MPs Expenses, New Labour, Wasting taxpayers' money 3 Comments
Will Ed Balls have his “Portillo moment”?
I stayed up, as I intend to again tonight, watching the election results in 1997. I saw Michael Portillo lose his seat to the odious, and so far ineffective Stephen Twigg. He lost his seat with dignity and honour, and has gone on to better things.
He has written of the experience, and of life since [...]
Also posted in General Election, MPs Expenses, New Labour Tagged Ed Balls, General Election, MPs Expenses, New Labour 1 Comment
Sunlight Centre roasts Ed Balls
The Sunlight Centre for Open Politics sent out an email last night drawing our attention to their new video, dubbed an “attack ad” about Ed Balls. The Centre is “committed to helping voters, bloggers, and journalists be their own watchdogs, by improving access to existing information and digitising new information, and by using new website [...]
Also posted in Corruption, General Election, Gordon Brown, MPs Expenses, New Labour, Taxpayers' Money Tagged Corruption, Ed Balls, General Election, Gordon Brown, MPs Expenses, Wasting taxpayers' money 2 Comments
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Goldsmith, Huhne and Balls; election expenses investigation started.