Tag Archives: Ed Balls
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 [...]
Posted in Ed Balls, General Election, MPs Expenses, New Labour Also tagged 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 [...]
Posted in Corruption, Ed Balls, General Election, Gordon Brown, MPs Expenses, New Labour, Taxpayers' Money Also tagged Corruption, General Election, Gordon Brown, MPs Expenses, Wasting taxpayers' money 2 Comments
Gordon Brown and New Labour; more excuses than Roger the Dodger…
Bigotgate again, I’m afraid. Today’s Daily Mail carries a story in which it is claimed that the Prime Mentalist called Mrs. Duffy a bigot because he misheard her. This has shades of Mandleson’s “chumps” claim.
For those of you who don’t remember, back in September last year, during the Labour Party Conference, the Sun announced its [...]
Posted in General Election, Gordon Brown, Ministerial incompetence, New Labour, Uncategorized Also tagged Gordon Brown, Immigration, Minsterial incompetence, New Labour 5 Comments
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Goldsmith, Huhne and Balls; election expenses investigation started.