The Sunday Times is that Ed Balls was the man in charge of the Downing Street dirty tricks unit, and ordered ED BALLS, the schools secretary, used Damian McBride, the disgraced spin doctor, to smear ministerial rivals and advance his own ambitions, a Downing Street whistleblower has claimed. In an explosive new twist to the e-mail affair, a No 10 insider has revealed that Balls was the mastermind ...

With a homburg doff to the excellent Iain Dale, there is this quite explosive story in tomorrow's Sunday Times:ED BALLS, the schools secretary, used Damian McBride, the disgraced spin doctor, to smear ministerial rivals and advance his own ambitions, a Downing Street whistleblower has claimed.In an explosive new twist to the e-mail affair, a No 10 insider has revealed that Balls was the

Yes, I know it appears a somewhat distasteful headline in the refined air of ATW but I refer to the startling revelation that Ed Balls, the schools secretary, used Damian McBride, the disgraced spin doctor, to smear ministerial rivals and advance his own ambitions, a Downing Street whistleblower has claimed. In an explosive new twist to the e-mail affair, a No 10 insider has revealed that Balls wa...

Oh dear, poison is dripping, well, spurting -- left, right and centre: ED BALLS, the schools secretary, used Damian McBride, the disgraced spin doctor, to smear ministerial rivals and advance his own ambitions, a Downing Street whistleblower has claimed. In an explosive new twist to the e-mail affair, a No 10 insider has revealed that Balls was the mastermind behind a “dark arts” operation by ...

Ed Balls has promised to take action against faith schools that pursue covert selection at the Fabian Society question time fringe debate. According to the Fabians' own report on the debate: "Schools secretary Ed Balls pledged to put faith schools...

Ed Balls the Schools Minister should be sacked as part of a clearout of the "poisonous" inner circle around Gordon Brown a senior Labour MP has suggested.

From tomorrow's Sunday Times: Ed Balls, the schools secretary, used Damian McBride, the disgraced spin doctor, to smear ministerial rivals and advance his own ambitions, a Downing Street whistleblower has claimed. In an explosive new twist to the e-mail affair, a No 10 insider has revealed that Balls was the mastermind behind a “dark arts” operation by McBride to undermine colleag...

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Ed Balls is a weapons-grade fucking cunt: Schools are being given advice on how to prevent pupils becoming drawn to violent extremism and terrorism. Guidelines are being made available to primary and secondary schools in England to help them discuss the issues surrounding extremist views.WHAT THE FUCK???!!? Schools Secretary Ed Balls said schools could play a "key role" in getting young people to ...

Every school in England could be rated on a scale of A to E under plans published today to introduce a New York style "report card" for schools. The schools secretary Ed Balls has published proposals on how the report card, first announced as part of the decision to scrap Sats for 14-year-olds in the summer, would work. The report card would pull together all the information currently available, o...