'Ed Balls is a perfectly decent man (shock horror)' blog discussion

Flyboy152

The day I take the opinion of the East Anglia Daily Times as a plausible source of economic credibility, is the day I'll vote Tory.

kar999

Flyboy152 wrote: »

The day I take the opinion of the East Anglia Daily Times as a plausible source of economic credibility, is the day I'll vote Tory.

Can I suggest then that you write to the author of the article and complain then?

They weren't trying to be a source of economic credibility. They were meanly reporting on actual recent verbatim quotes from Ed Balls regarding Mervyn King .... something other news sources or paper could and have done just as accurately. Try BBC i-player for the actual interview.

It appears to me, and numerous other commentators, that Ed Balls is just as inconsistant as always.

It would add to the debate if you could elaborate on what part of the article, or direct quotations from Ed Balls, you found unacceptable or inaccurate please.

Some constructive comments from yourself, to support a counter arguement, might add to the credibility of both Ed Balls and yourself.

Thanks.

2010

Whenever you see Balls on tv he seems to have wide, wild, staring eyes that reminds you of someone who is out on day release from the local "hospital".

My favourite memory of Balls is when David Cameron, who was in opposition, told him at PMQ time.

"Just because you`re minister for schools, there no need to act like a schoolboy" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Graham_Devon

I don't know how anyone who flipped houses as much as this pair did, can be classed as "decent". He screwed us all for his own gain, knowing full well he was doing so.

Flyboy152

kar999 wrote: »

Can I suggest then that you write to the author of the article and complain then?

They weren't trying to be a source of economic credibility. They were meanly reporting on actual recent verbatim quotes from Ed Balls regarding Mervyn King .... something other news sources or paper could and have done just as accurately. Try BBC i-player for the actual interview.

It appears to me, and numerous other commentators, that Ed Balls is just as inconsistant as always.

It would add to the debate if you could elaborate on what part of the article, or direct quotations from Ed Balls, you found unacceptable or inaccurate please.

Some constructive comments from yourself, to support a counter arguement, might add to the credibility of both Ed Balls and yourself.

Thanks.

No they weren't, for example:

This was a point entirely missed by Mr Balls when, to complete a hat-track of nonsensical assertions, he claimed in last Sunday’s interview that Mr King had been “quite right” to resist calls for an increase in interest rates.

Is not reporting, it is offering opinion (and a weak one at that). So my "opinion" stands. I might accept their rhetoric, if they had any history, qualification and/or experience with commentating on national and/or global economic affairs, but I somehow don't think they do.

Flyboy152

2010 wrote: »

Whenever you see Balls on tv he seems to have wide, wild, staring eyes that reminds you of someone who is out on day release from the local "hospital".

My favourite memory of Balls is when David Cameron, who was in opposition, told him at PMQ time.

"Just because you`re minister for schools, there no need to act like a schoolboy" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It is a shame "Dave" doesn't take his own advice then.

Flyboy152

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I don't know how anyone who flipped houses as much as this pair did, can be classed as "decent". He screwed us all for his own gain, knowing full well he was doing so.

But not according the commission for standards, who seem to disagree with your assessment.

Graham_Devon

Flyboy152 wrote: »

But not according the commission for standards, who seem to disagree with your assessment.

Oh I see. So I'm not allowed my own opinion based on what I have observed?

Theres a reason so many politicians got away with it. Simply the "law" surrounding it.

That does not mean that he was an upstanding citizen, just because he was covered under parlimentary acts, with no way of actually prosecuting.

Just as somsone who rapes someone else, but get's away with it, isn't all of a sudden an upstanding and caring citizen in the community.

Flyboy152

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Oh I see. So I'm not allowed my own opinion based on what I have observed?

Theres a reason so many politicians got away with it. Simply the "law" surrounding it.

That does not mean that he was an upstanding citizen, just because he was covered under parlimentary acts, with no way of actually prosecuting.

Just as somsone who rapes someone else, but get's away with it, isn't all of a sudden an upstanding and caring citizen in the community.

In which case, I don't see you castigating Osborne or Cameron, for doing the same thing, even though there's were even more blatant.

You also have this problem with the whole "innocent until proven guilty" malarkey.

Graham_Devon

Flyboy152 wrote: »

In which case, I don't see you castigating Osborne or Cameron, for doing the same thing, even though there's were even more blatant.

You also have this problem with the whole "innocent until proven guilty" malarkey.

Probably because this thread is about Ed Balls?

Also, neither Cameron or Clegg did what Ed Balls specifically did.