The budget debate has been rather tetchy and laden with low blows and bitchiness. Excellent.
After Jess Norman had to withdraw the suggestion that the Shadow Chancellor must have been hallucinogenic drugs when he wrecked the economy, Ed Balls, (or Edgar according to Ben Brogan) saw an open goal. “I have never been on hallucinogenic drugs, would any of the front bench like to intervene…” Osborne giggled.
Is Balls really to lecture one other people’s university days activities though?
RPI rose to 5.5% year-on-year in February – even higher than consensus economists expected – again. The FT reports this morning that Gaddafi is sitting on $6.5 billion of gold in his war chest. Gold of course is the great inflation hedge throughout history. Britain on the other hand sold off her gold reserves at the behest of Ed Balls when he was at the Treasury. Who is more mad?
On the 17th of June in Leeds County Court, the Shadow Chancellor will deny his debts in court. Having trashed his office his old land lord is chasing payment. Balls has refused the opportunity to settle out of court and thus the question must be asked, who is being the legal fees? It was his constituency office but that does not mean the taxpayer should pick up the tab for Balls mistakes. Again.
See also:
Local Businessmen Fighting Balls Over Debts,
Balls Still Denying Debt,
Squeezing Balls
