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A Decade Later, Ed Balls Still Gets the Joke
Ed Balls Day Still
Gets a Laugh
Apr 28, 2021 4:06 PM CDT

Ed Balls Day Still Gets a Laugh

It's been a decade since the British politician sent his celebrated tweet

(Newser) - "If my name was Ed Smith it wouldn't have been the same amusement in there," a British politician says. But he's not Ed Smith, he's Ed Balls, and as of Wednesday, his Blackberry misfire has been a Twitter joke for 10 years running. Balls was...

Downturn 'Worst for 100 Years': UK Minister

Brown ally says current crisis surpasses Great Depression

(Newser) - The current economic crisis will be the worst in a century, surpassing even the Great Depression, according to Gordon Brown's closest political ally. Ed Balls, a minister sometimes tipped as a future British leader, said that the downturn would be "more extreme and more serious than that of the...

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