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Ed Balls

(1967) Teaching Fellow United Kingdom

17 quotes in 159 categories

Ed Balls is a teaching fellow from the United Kingdom, best known for Appetite.

Quick Facts About Ed Balls

Born: February 25, 1967
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Teaching Fellow
Notable works: Appetite
Spouse: Yvette Cooper

About Ed Balls

Edward Michael Balls is a British broadcaster, economist and former politician. He served as a junior minister in the treasury portfolio from 2006 to 2007, as Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from 2007 to 2010, and as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2011 to 2015. A member of Labour Co-op, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton and later for Morley and Outwood between 2005 and 2015.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Ed Balls

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…

Afghanistan

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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…

Britain

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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…

Cooking

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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.

Horrible

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Trying to cut the deficit too far, too fast isn't working. The government must adopt a steadier, more balanced plan to get…

Action

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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…

Back

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

Batteries

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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…

Argument

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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…

Allowed

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What is even more worrying still is George Osborne's breathtakingly complacent response to today's figures. This is a Chancellor who is in…

Complacent

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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…

Brown

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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,…

Awkward

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

Assuming

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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…

Abyss

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The national deficit is not rising.

Deficit

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

First time

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I will ask every government department to draw up a plan for civil service relocation outside London. And a Labour Treasury will…

Asks

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