Ed Balls @edballs
Dad, cook, pianist, drummer, Harvard, King's Ldn, Holocaust Fdn co-Chair, NCFC, podcaster, retired dancer, former Cabinet minister, sometimes on TV & Radio edballs.komi.io London-Castleford-Cambridge MA Joined October 2008-
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As the Conservatives accuse Angela Rayner of hypocrisy, in this week’s episode both @George_Osborne and I predict that the Deputy Prime Minister will likely survive this storm..
As the Conservatives accuse Angela Rayner of hypocrisy, in this week’s episode both @George_Osborne and I predict that the Deputy Prime Minister will likely survive this storm..
Emily Thornberry joins @George_Osborne to go inside the Corbyn-era shadow cabinet, assess Starmer's first year in government and reflect on two decades in Parliament. 🎧 Hear the full conversation on the latest episode of Political Currency, out now: tr.ee/pc
🎙️ New episode of EMQs - Sliding Doors Special: 🗳️ What if Margaret Thatcher had fought the 1992 election? 📉 How would Tony Blair have handled the 2008 crash? 🇪🇺 And could joining the Euro have prevented Brexit? 🎧 LISTEN: tr.ee/EMQs
Emily Thornberry on Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer and the Future of Labour | Political Currency Podcast Watch it in full: youtu.be/PFi_vAO6ibE?si…
🎙️ New episode of Political Currency: 🌹 Emily Thornberry on what PM Corbyn would really have been like ⚠️ Her warning to the government not to be "buffeted about" 🔄 The brutal art of the reshuffle: being hired and fired by a PM 🎧 LISTEN: tr.ee/pc
Wes Streeting joins @George_Osborne to talk about battling the Treasury, fixing the NHS and the reality of power after years in opposition. 🎧 Hear the full conversation on the latest episode of Political Currency, out now wherever you get your podcasts: tr.ee/pc
🎙️ New episode of Political Currency: 🏛️ Wes Streeting on why he's loving government (even when it's tough) 👀 Why Nigel Farage is now Labour's "real opposition" 🚗 From heavy petting to state secrets: what really happens in ministerial cars 🎧 LISTEN: tr.ee/pc
Fascinating and revealing conversation with @WestminsterWAG about he book, ‘How not to be a Political Wife’ - it’s a compelling read and listen too..
Fascinating and revealing conversation with @WestminsterWAG about he book, ‘How not to be a Political Wife’ - it’s a compelling read and listen too..
Sarah Vine on Michael Gove, Dominic Cummings & why politics "just defeated" her | Political Currency Podcast Watch it in full: youtu.be/eAYmPitX5Ew?si…
🎙️ New episode of Political Currency: 🤫 Sarah Vine on the "third person" in her marriage to Michael Gove 💔 How Brexit shattered her closest friendships with the Camerons 🏛️ The dark arts of politics: how the Whips' Office works 🎧 LISTEN: tr.ee/pc
Great to hear Prof @edballs describing to ex-Chancellor @KwasiKwartengUK how history repeats itself in the @thestrandgroup 'Chancellors and the Treasury: Managing the British Economy' MA class on @polcurrency. (Places still available for this Autumn: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/module/chancel…)
My interview with @KwasiKwartengUK - it’s fascinating on what he learned from his short-lived time alongside Liz Truss at No 11 and his sacking and how the experience has changed him - and also on the challenges now facing @KemiBadenoch and @RachelReevesMP
My interview with @KwasiKwartengUK - it’s fascinating on what he learned from his short-lived time alongside Liz Truss at No 11 and his sacking and how the experience has changed him - and also on the challenges now facing @KemiBadenoch and @RachelReevesMP
Coming days after @KemiBadenoch said we need to learn the lessons of that mini budget
Coming days after @KemiBadenoch said we need to learn the lessons of that mini budget
@George_Osborne @KemiBadenoch What a brilliant interview with @KwasiKwartengUK by @edballs
🎙️ New episode of Political Currency: 💥 Kwasi Kwarteng on the day he was sacked 📉 What really sank the Truss government 🗣️ How great political speeches get written 🎧 LISTEN: tr.ee/pc
"Do you agree with him? Do we need action now?" @edballs questions Health Minister Karin Smyth about Gordon Browns' comments on child poverty and her previous comments on the matter in Bristol.
🎙️ New episode of EMQs: 🌍 Is a two-state solution still possible after Oct 7? 🏥 Can Wes Streeting bring doctors back to work? 🤔 @EmilyThornberry asks: Who held ministers to account when Ed and George were in power? 🎧 LISTEN: tr.ee/EMQs
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