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shadow chancellor resigns

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  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    They said that Alan Johnson knew nothing about Economics.......and then they go and give the job to Gordy's adviser :eek:
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,942 Ambassador
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    shadow chancellor resigns

    why?
    Ed Balls gets the job

    why?
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  • Wheezy_2
    Wheezy_2 Posts: 1,879 Forumite
    silvercar wrote: »
    why?

    Oh, it's a dirty job...
    silvercar wrote: »
    why?

    ...but someone's gotta do it.

    I thought he was doing OK in the role.
    Labour frontbench is definitely looking even more lightweight now.... Miliband :o Harman :o Burnham :o Alexander :o The Eagle Sisters :o

    It's a shame, we could definitely do with a better opposition in these times
  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    Its a Ball's up.
  • Mrs_Bones
    Mrs_Bones Posts: 15,524 Forumite
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    I might not like Ed Balls as a politician but I think he will be much more of a problem for George Osborne then Alan Johnson.
    [FONT=&quot]“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    One lying thief replacing another.


    Who cares?
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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    edited 20 January 2011 at 9:04PM
    Yvette Cooper has got a higher role too.

    Does the labour party not yet understand that these two really wind people up? Yvette with her non stop butting in to anyone talking and flatly refusing to acknowledge and resemblence of any argument. The women is always right in her mind and that's that. You aint getting past her, no matter how many people disagree with her, shes right, end of and she'll simply talk over you until you give up.

    Then you have Balls, with his slimey face, grinning whenever he twists the truth which makes it so stupidly obvious, that many people feared would be the chancellor if labour won again.

    They had the best figurehead in the role, with Alan Johnson. The bloke answered every questions, real down to earth. Liked him. Quite liked Andy Burnham too, but he seemed to change, probably due to pressure when it looked like labour were gonna lose.

    The only thing Ed Balls may be able to do, is shoot the opposition on anything and everything, in a way which makes it look like labour have won the argument. However, they won't have, as he'll be grinning away again, and twisting everything constantly. I think he'll be pretty good at that.
  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
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    If you couldn’t get a cabinet or shadow cabinet job because you wind people up we wouldn’t have a cabinet or shadow cabinet.
  • Loughton_Monkey
    Loughton_Monkey Posts: 8,913 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Hung up my suit!
    Does anyone care?
  • Red_Cat
    Red_Cat Posts: 1,040 Forumite
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    Shame that Johnson has gone, he seemed decent enough. Replacing him with Balls further alienates the Labour front line from me.

    The interview with Balls I saw today reminded me of why Labour lost ground in the last General election. He said nice words about Johnson and then in the same breath started talking about himself!
    Hoping this year is better than the last. :)
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