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My mobile phone battery runs out all the time because all the messages come straight to me.

~Ed Balls

Topics: Battery Because Come Me Messages Mobile Out Phone Runs Straight Time

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For the first time I'm free to be myself.

~Ed Balls

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You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible.

~Ed Balls

Topics: Afghanistan Cheer Could Get Public Responsible Saying Think Where Withdraw You

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It was a mistake. On the information we had, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. We shouldn't have changed our argument from international law to regime change in a non-transparent way. It was an error for which we as a country paid a heavy price, and for which many people paid with their lives.

~Ed Balls

Topics: Argument Change Changed Country Error Had Heavy Information International International Law Law Lives Many Mistake Our Paid People Price Prosecuted Regime War Way Which

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Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.

~Ed Balls

Topics: Am He Horrible Hussein Iraq Longer Man Pleased Running Saddam Saddam Hussein War Wrong I Am

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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.

~Ed Balls

Topics: Back Economy Foot Front Game Get Going Labour Making Me Myself Set Take Task Weather Which Year

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I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage.

~Ed Balls

Topics: Allowed Back Bidding Define Defined Doing Earlier Fought Gordon Harder Loyal Myself Person Should Somebody Stage Very Who

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I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.

~Ed Balls

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We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are.

~Ed Balls

Topics: Abyss Bold Come Credible Edge Forward More Now Political Step Step Forward Time Tougher View You

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In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.

~Ed Balls

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: February 25th, 1967

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