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13 quotes by Ed Balls

Edward Michael Balls (born 25 February 1967) is a British Labour Party and Co-operative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Morley and Outwood since 2010, and is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. From 2005 to 2010, he was the MP for Normanton and he served as Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families under Gordon Brown from 2007-10. Balls is married to current Shadow Home Secretary and...
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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... →

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My mobile phone battery runs out all the time because all the messages come straight to me.

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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to... →

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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.

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For the first time I'm free to be myself.

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The thing about politics is to plan 10 years ahead, and assume every year is your last.

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.

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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... →

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I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to... →

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It was a mistake. On the information we had, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. We shouldn't have changed our argument from international... →

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