Posts Tagged ‘balls’

VIDEO: Speaker makes PM withdraw ‘idiot’ jibe

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

The Speaker appeared to be left speechless after the prime minister referred to Ed Balls as a “muttering idiot”.

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PM rebuked on ‘idiot’ Balls jibe

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron is rebuked for unparliamentary language after calling shadow chancellor Ed Balls a “muttering idiot”.

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PM rebuked on ‘idiot’ Balls jibe

In Queens, Handball Turns to Steamball in the Cold

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Handball devotees like to play year-round, but the rubber balls don’t bounce as well in the cold. Players in Rego Park, Queens, came up with a solution: boil the balls and play “steamball.”

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Union dismay on Labour pay stance

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Unions accuse Labour of failing to speak up for “ordinary people” after Ed Balls indicates it will support a pay freeze for public sector workers.

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Union dismay on Labour pay stance

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Unions accuse Labour of failing to speak up for “ordinary people” after Ed Balls indicates it will support a pay freeze for public sector workers.

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Union dismay on Labour pay stance

Balls supports public pay freeze

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls says Labour will support a pay freeze for public sector workers in order to help reduce the deficit.

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Cameron makes ‘Tourette’ apology

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

David Cameron apologises after saying facing shadow chancellor Ed Balls in Parliament was “like having someone with Tourette’s sitting opposite you”.

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Cameron makes ‘Tourette’ apology

Balls urges deal to avert strike

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls urges unions and the government to “give ground” to avert Wednesday’s “hugely disruptive” public sector strike.

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Balls vows to get tough on debt

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Ed Balls’ conference speech will include a pledge to spend any windfall from the sale of bank shares on paying off the UK’s national debt.

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Balls vows to get tough on debt

Ben & Jerry’s Releases New Flavor

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

“Schweddy Balls” inspired by SNL skit.

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Ben & Jerry’s Releases New Flavor

Balls calls for emergency tax cut

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is to call for a temporary tax cut to stimulate the economy, in his first major policy speech since being appointed.

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Balls calls for emergency tax cut

Balls faces more document leaks

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

A document by civil servants urging spending restraint from the Labour government in 2006 is among more of Ed Balls’ leaked, private papers.

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Balls faces more document leaks

VIDEO: Ed Balls: There was no plot against Blair

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Ed Balls has denied there was a plot by Gordon Brown and his supporters to oust Tony Blair as Prime Minister in the months after the 2005 general election.

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Balls warning over ‘growth risks’

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Ed Balls warns the UK economy is in a “vicious circle” with austerity measures damaging economic confidence and exacerbating the deficit problem.

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Balls warning over ‘growth risks’

VIDEO: Balls on cuts: ‘There is an alternative’

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

The shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said the Labour Party has a “clear alternative” to the government’s plans for spending cuts, at a march in London.

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