. . . and I've just stuck a bloody great dagger in it!' Thus spake that epitome of loyalty and friendship, the Right Honourable Despicable Ed Balls MP! Not exactly those words, of course, but see if you can spot any difference in meaning:
The quotation that gives the interview its headline is an eye-opener, coming as it does from Ed Balls. ‘Nobody is going to look back at any point in history,’ he says, ‘and say that Gordon Brown was a great Prime Minister.
This quote taken from Peter Hoskins's post at The Coffee House and is based on an interview conducted by The Times with Ed Balls. What an utter and despicable little shit he is!
ADDITIONAL: At the request of my regular commenter, DM, here is a picture, courtesy of The Mail, of 'überstormfuhrer' Balls practicing for the future in his university days. I am led to believe that he was singing "Tomorrow belongs to me":
I agree with one of the Coffee House commenters -
"One of the nastiest politicians in the last 20 years - and even more talentless than the rest."
Posted by: A K Haart | Saturday, 17 March 2012 at 15:50
That about sums it up!
Posted by: David Duff | Saturday, 17 March 2012 at 19:16
Come on, Duffers, find that photo of him in a Nazi uniform and stick it up for our pleasure.
Posted by: dearieme | Sunday, 18 March 2012 at 10:28
Your wish is my command, Sir!
Posted by: David Duff | Sunday, 18 March 2012 at 13:54
Many thanks. Please use often.
Posted by: dearieme | Sunday, 18 March 2012 at 20:09
And how characteristic of Balls that, in that interview, he seems to have magically moved direct from womb to Oxford without uncomfortably having to disclose to readers that he went to a fee-paying school. Kenneth Clarke once enjoyed reminding Balls in a House of Commons debate that, when he went to the same fine establishment, Nottingham High School, it was a state grammar school where he got a free education.
Hypocrisy is hereditary, as Balls' father campaigned for the ending of selection for bright poor children from while sending his own to fee-paying schools.
Posted by: Webwrights | Monday, 19 March 2012 at 10:37
The demise of the Grammar Schools was a wickedness which still goes unpunished until, that is, Shirley Williams is roasting in hell!
Posted by: David Duff | Tuesday, 20 March 2012 at 08:29