tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post6733871468101999757..comments2024-03-29T11:01:01.401+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Ed Balls reflects.CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-14414057172551558422010-09-27T10:13:48.494+01:002010-09-27T10:13:48.494+01:00This is a difficult one for St Ed, despite the sup...This is a difficult one for St Ed, despite the support of the BBC.<br /><br />St Ed will need to park the non-saintly Ed where he can do no harm. If St Ed makes an enemy of Balls-up, we will be entertained by a split new, old New-Labour.<br /><br />At least St Ed seems to have driven football off the BBC.Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-81356460531090395232010-09-26T15:27:12.020+01:002010-09-26T15:27:12.020+01:00not knowing the Labour party rules, I sort of assu...not knowing the Labour party rules, I sort of assume he will get elected to the ShadowCabinet and must be given summat<br /><br />the correct answer, from Miliband's perspective, is to deliver a public flogging, even more crushing than Demetrius suggests; there is no need to be 'broad-minded' or inclusive with his kind<br /><br />the thought of him firmly outside the tent trying desperately to piss in, is one that should appeal as Ed establishes his authority<br /><br />"<i>Shadow Minister for the Re-introduction of Probity and Civility in Public Life</i>" - guest appearances only at Shadow Cabinet (non-voting)<br /><br /><i>Note to Editors</i>: Ed Balls typifies the kind of politics we are moving on from, starting todayNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-50809101886359905032010-09-26T12:01:57.165+01:002010-09-26T12:01:57.165+01:00Ed Balls? Overseas Aid and Tax Justice?Ed Balls? Overseas Aid and Tax Justice?Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-15116989706781007292010-09-26T08:29:24.906+01:002010-09-26T08:29:24.906+01:00Once they work out the costs, it may well be the l...Once they work out the costs, it may well be the lazy young folk who get pensioned off.Marchamont Needhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740260028865944591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-35373569254061020712010-09-26T07:48:36.140+01:002010-09-26T07:48:36.140+01:00I expect he and Yvette will dedicate themselves to...I expect he and Yvette will dedicate themselves to trousering every last tax-payer ££ in sinecures, paid consultancy, dodgy charidees etc. etc. So much to learn from the Kinnocks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-18658270374229701152010-09-26T03:54:26.528+01:002010-09-26T03:54:26.528+01:00Not much will change, he'll probably go back t...Not much will change, he'll probably go back to schools, Burnham to health, Abbot to the back benches and TV.<br /><br />I reckon they'll go with the Ed Ball's strategy of raging against the cuts however, but not all-out deficit denial.<br /><br />I wouldn't be surprised if you start to hear a lot about the 'tax gap' and financial transactions taxes.<br /><br />They all talk bollocks, the 'cuts' will involve pensioning off loads of lazy old folk who want to be pensioned off, then reorganising what is left.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.com