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Twenty years ago [he] came out in his fifties as gay – and he died, I'm afraid, before he and his long-term partner could have a civil partnership
When Ed Balls came here, he crawled under the table to reach his seat
Come the time of the next election, the Conservatives will be able to point at France with high debt, higher borrowing costs and fewer wealth creators and warn that should Ed Balls get control of the UK economy the UK will have the same disaster on its hands.More quotes »
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News: Ed Balls, Indy 500, Craig David, St. Paul, Kat Graham
Black gay men and lesbians welcomed at Harlem church. "Ms. Brown, the church’s senior pastor and Ms. Gause’s partner, preaches what she calls a 'radically inclusive' message, while Mr. Tolton, the associate pastor, offers as a mantra the phrase 'Gay by G from towleroad Read more »
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Ed Balls: My gay uncle convinced me to support same-sex marriage
The shadow chancellor revealed the family secret as he spoke out in support of the campaign for gay marriage — and said gay couples should be able to marry in church. In a video message for pressure group Out4Marriage, Mr Balls said he was proud that Lab from This Is London Read more »
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Rupert's Blair: Former Prime Minister admits cosy links to Murdoch
TONY Blair today admitted for the first time he got too close to Rupert Murdoch. During a highly-charged day of evidence at the Leveson Inquiry, the former Prime Minister insisted on oath that he never made a “deal” with the media tycoon in return for po from Mirror.co.uk Read more »
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Revealed: The Tory Party’s bully boy spinners
Last week their was a piece in The Times by Rachel Sylvester that sought to resurrect the old Ed Balls bully boy line (I wrote for the New Statesman on why I think it’s all a bit old hat). Yet the media has never been interested enough, brave enough or ( from Labour List Read more »
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The Holocaust and the Euro
After being heckled repeatedly in parliament by Ed Balls, Britain’s discordantly named shadow chancellor, David Cameron snapped. “Tell us your Plan B!” Balls hissed in the course of a debate on the economy, “Tell us about the recession!” And then the str from Newsweek Read more »
