Ed Balls made much of his post-election move to Norwich City, even going as far as to brag about it to Robbie Savage on BT Sport. Despite high hopes, a few months down the line it doesn’t appear that the former Shadow Chancellor has been working his magic as Chairman of the struggling club. Guido’s data bot has crunched the numbers.

Since being named Chairman of Norwich on the 27^th December they have managed just 4 points from the last 12 games. That works out at a measly ⅓ points per game, leaving them 3^rd from bottom and in the relegation zone. By contrast, pre-Balls they had amassed 29 points from 17 games, equivalent to 1.7 points per game, leaving them midway up the table at 15^th place. Norwich were doing seven times as well in the pre-Balls era…