During the leadership campaign Ed Balls has demonstrated his willingness to march to the beat of a different drum against the mainstream consensus over the need for spending cuts. However, neither the party membership nor the public seem to have warmed to him. But Ed Balls can do human. Here he is drumming with his pen pall

Labour Party leadership candidate Ed Balls was in Swindon today, (Shown pictured above talking to about 25 party members, supporters and trade unionists; the other picture shows Ed chatting with Councillor Derique Montaut, leader of the Labour group on Swindon Borough Council). This was the first of these events that he is intending around the

Ed Balls has produced a contract with the Labour party. Three things strike me about it. First, he emphasizes broader consultation and promises a greater role for activists and local representatives. These political impulses are championed by the coalition – an indication that Cameron and Clegg’s partnership is beginning to change Britain party political landscape. Second, Balls is a p...

Ed Balls is urging his party to start taking the fight to the Coalition, amid suggestions that Ed Miliband's leadership is failing to convince.

THE Labour Party cannot expect the coalition government to disintegrate and should prepare itself for a five-year period in opposition, leadership candidate Ed Balls has warne

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Alan Johnson was put in charge of Labour’s economic strategy for two reasons. The first was for fairly gimmicky purposes. It was taken as read by the media that Ed Miliband would appoint Ed Balls or – on an outside chance – Yvette Cooper. But the second reason was more important: it was to placate the still-powerful Blairite faction within the Labour Party.

Tomorrow's News of the World is reporting that Ed Balls has promised to oust Gordon Brown by the time of (possibly at) the Party conference if Labour's polling hasn't improved by then.Although Balls is fiercely loyal to his close chum Gordon, he apparently puts the party above that. Indeed, the party comes before everything else (i.e. including the country) with Labour, as this quote clearly

Ed Balls has suggested that Labour is ready to back moves to cut the period of pre-charge detention to 14 days, admitting that his party may have made the wrong decisions on t

How can we possibly present a coherent message when our cabinet presents such a contradictory message? If anyone wonders why Labour is in such dire straits then look at the disconnect Ed balls displays between public statements and true belief. At conference Ed Balls has popped up with a newfound conversion to the values of regulating the financial markets. ED BALLS SEPT 21 2008 said :   ...