Ed Balls
Ed Balls
Edward Michael "Ed" Ballsis a British Labour Party and Co-operative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliamentfor Normanton from 2005 to 2010 and for Morley and Outwood from 2010 to 2015...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 February 1967
running phones messages
My mobile phone battery runs out all the time because all the messages come straight to me.
firsts first-time
For the first time I'm free to be myself.
thinking years people
I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.
strong party gold
In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.
cheer thinking responsible
You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible.
years lasts assuming
The thing about politics is to plan 10 years ahead, and assume every year is your last.
thinking ideas masters
I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
government saving london
I will ask every government department to draw up a plan for civil service relocation outside London. And a Labour Treasury will set an objective for savings over the course of the next decade,
rising deficit
The national deficit is not rising.
jobs cutting government
Trying to cut the deficit too far, too fast isn't working. The government must adopt a steadier, more balanced plan to get our deficit down and take immediate action now to support the economy and create jobs here in Britain.
worry today denial
What is even more worrying still is George Osborne's breathtakingly complacent response to today's figures. This is a Chancellor who is in total denial.
running war men
Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.
cooking goes-on want
I would love to go on 'MasterChef'. But while I really like cooking, I'm doubtful anyone would ever want to pay for what I'd cooked.
abyss bold credible edge step time tougher view
We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are.