Gary Gibbon
Ed Balls went (briefly) to Eton, the place Tory policy is made
Gordon Brown may taunt the Tories for inventing policy on the “playing fields of Eton”, but his Schools Secretary Ed Balls also spend time at the public school.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Teachers’ leader gives Balls 0 out of 10 for ‘savings’ plans
Schools Secretary Ed Balls won’t call his planned £2bn “savings” in education budget “cuts” as he is still holding out for real-terms growth in his budget.
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Gary Gibbon
It was Mandelson who Balls it up for Ed
New rumour is that Gordon Brown didn’t actually decide to keep Alistair Darling in place until this morning and that an early morning conversation with Peter Mandelson swung it. That won’t do much for Mandelson/Balls relations, which had been patched up since Lord Mandelson’s return to government. Ed Balls will be feeling frustrated that his…
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Gary Gibbon
Balls! How Gordon’s dream ended
Alistair Darling saw the Prime Minister last night for a long conversation and made it plain he didn’t think he should be thrown out of the Chancellorship. The chancellor was offered a number of jobs but turned them all down. I believe Mr Darling left still not entirely clear whether he had won his right…
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Jon Snow
Purnell goes – and rolls back the political sardine tin lid
Crumbs! An act of personal political courage – or of scheming personal political advancement? At this point almost impossible to judge. I don’t know James Purnell well. He was once a pivotal bag carrier, speech writer and muse inside Tony Blair’s Downing Street. Hence a Blairite, almost certainly well aware of, and wary of, Gordon…