Ed Balls Laughs at His Own Track Record

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Labour have launched their new slogan today: “A Strong Economic Foundation”. They’re about as structurally sound as a planning application for a city built on rock and roll.

Teeing up his leader’s speech, it was not a great outing for Ed Balls on Sky News:

He laughed his way through a denial that he was late to waking up to the deficit and a total opportunist.

</p> <p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>Laughing at you not with you Shadow Chancellor. </em></span></p> </v-card-text> <v-card-text class="v-card__text--footer"> <v-row align="center"> <v-col cols="12"> <div class="meta-tags__container"> <v-icon class="mr-2" color="blue-grey darken-4">mdi-tag-outline</v-icon> <v-chip dark small outlined label color="blue-grey darken-4" href="/tag/labour-party" class="v-chip--tile"> Labour Party </v-chip> </div> </v-col> </v-row> <v-row align="center"> <v-col cols="12"> <div class="meta-tags__container"> <v-icon class="mr-2" color="blue-grey darken-4">mdi-account-multiple-outline</v-icon> <v-chip dark small outlined label color="blue-grey darken-4" href="/people/ed-balls" class="v-chip--tile"> Ed Balls </v-chip> </div> </v-col> </v-row> <v-row align="center"> <v-col cols="12" sm="5" md="5" lg="6" class="py-1"> <a class="link--title" href="https://order-order.com/2014/12/11/ed-balls-laughs-at-his-own-track-record/"> <v-icon color="blue-grey darken-4" class="mr-1">mdi-timer</v-icon> <span class="posted-on blue-grey--text text--darken-4">December 11 2014 @ 10:57</span> </a> </v-col> <v-col cols="12" sm="7" md="7" lg="6" class="py-1 text-left text-sm-right"> <v-icon class="mr-2 d-inline-flex d-sm-none" color="blue-grey darken-4">mdi-share-variant</v-icon> <v-btn icon href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://order-order.com/2014/12/11/ed-balls-laughs-at-his-own-track-record/&text=Ed Balls Laughs at His Own Track Record&via=guidofawkes" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <v-icon color="blue">mdi-twitter</v-icon> </v-btn> <v-btn icon href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://order-order.com/2014/12/11/ed-balls-laughs-at-his-own-track-record/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <v-icon color="blue darken-4">mdi-facebook</v-icon> </v-btn> <v-btn icon href="whatsapp://send?text=https://order-order.com/2014/12/11/ed-balls-laughs-at-his-own-track-record/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <v-icon color="green accent-4">mdi-whatsapp</v-icon> </v-btn> <v-btn icon href="https://telegram.me/share/url?url=https://order-order.com/2014/12/11/ed-balls-laughs-at-his-own-track-record/&text=Ed Balls Laughs at His Own Track Record" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <v-icon color="blue">mdi-telegram</v-icon> </v-btn> <v-btn icon href="https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://order-order.com/2014/12/11/ed-balls-laughs-at-his-own-track-record/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <v-icon color="blue darken-2">mdi-linkedin</v-icon> </v-btn> <v-btn icon href="mailto:?subject=Ed Balls Laughs at His Own Track Record&body=https://order-order.com/2014/12/11/ed-balls-laughs-at-his-own-track-record/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <v-icon color="blue-grey darken-4">mdi-email</v-icon> </v-btn> <v-btn icon class="d-none d-sm-inline-flex" @click="window.print()"> <v-icon color="blue-grey darken-4">mdi-printer</v-icon> </v-btn> </v-col> </v-row>  </v-card-text> </v-card> <div class="mx-auto my-6 d-block text-center">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1622804332303-3' class="blue-greydarken-3 mx-auto"> <script type="application/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1622804332303-3'); }); </script> </div> </div> <v-card class="v-card--post mb-6" color="amber lighten-5">  <v-card-text>  <v-row dense wrap>  <v-col cols="12" sm="6" class="py-1"> <v-btn color="red accent-4" block dark depressed tile class="btn--read-more" href="/">Home Page</v-btn> </v-col> <v-col cols="12" sm="6" class="py-1"> <v-btn color="red accent-4" block dark depressed tile class="btn--read-more" href="https://order-order.com/2014/12/11/super-soaraway-sun-supper-for-miliband/">Next Story</v-btn> </v-col> </v-row> </v-card-text> <v-card-text class="v-card__text--footer"> <div id="comments" class="comments-area">   <script> (function() { let url = 'https://api.vuukle.com/api/v1/Comments/getCommentCountListByHost?host=order-order.com&articleIds=181513' jQuery.get(url, function(data) { jQuery.each(data.data, function(key, value) { if (value > 1) { jQuery("span[vuukle-count-id='" + key + "']").text(value + " Comments"); } }) }) })(); </script> <v-btn block depressed text color="blue-grey darken-4" onclick="loadVuukle()" id="comments_button"> View <span data="vuukle-count" data-empty-text="" vuukle-count-id="181513">Comments</span> </v-btn>  <div id="vuukle-comments"></div> <script type="application/javascript" defer> var vuukle_hash = location.hash == "#comments"; var VUUKLE_CONFIG = { apiKey: "86c0229f-1fb3-4260-b4d2-26724d5b4a99", host: "order-order.com", articleId: "181513", //tags: "", //author: "", emotes: { size: '48px' }, comments: { countToLoad: "25" // hideCommentsWidget: true }, theme: { color: "#d50000" } }; var vuukle_loaded = false; // if (vuukle_hash) { // loadVuukle(); // } function loadVuukle() { if (! 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