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« on: April 21, 2007, 05:29:34 AM »
Lab/Co-op, Normanton

New MP and one-time advisor to Gordon Brown, I believe.
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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2007, 10:51:08 AM »
There was much talk of him becoming the next Chancellor of the Exchequer, I believe. I'm not sure what came of it.
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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2007, 01:36:13 PM »
lol at the name
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« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2007, 03:30:28 PM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4761693.stm

His response certainly went down well with me.. Antony Worrall Thompson is such a creep..
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« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2007, 04:29:31 PM »
There are rumours that when Brown becomes PM he will put Balls into Cabinet as Chancellor.
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« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2007, 06:08:38 PM »

Lol, I logged into this thread to post the same thing
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« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2007, 08:25:35 PM »
Were's someone named George Dick?
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« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2007, 10:36:00 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2007, 10:56:20 AM »
Chancellor Balls has a ring to it
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« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2007, 11:15:59 AM »
Indeed it does.
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« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2007, 11:44:26 AM »
Has anyone got any comments on this guy that aren't to do with his surname?
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« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2007, 01:28:20 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Hunter on April 22, 2007, 11:44:26 AM
Has anyone got any comments on this guy that aren't to do with his surname?
He'll need some balls in that job.
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« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2007, 10:30:08 AM »
Quote from: merseysider on April 21, 2007, 04:29:31 PM
There are rumours that when Brown becomes PM he will put Balls into Cabinet as Chancellor.

Unintentionally hilarious I assume.
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« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2007, 04:51:27 PM »
Quote from: Verily on April 21, 2007, 10:51:08 AM
There was much talk of him becoming the next Chancellor of the Exchequer, I believe. I'm not sure what came of it.

Only a question of time.

Btw, his name has been the butt of jokes for a while now. Michael Heseltine (the man who felled Thatcher) once made the remark "It's not Brown's - It's Balls!" over a speech Balls had written for Brown.

But I can only imagine what the poor chap must have gone through at school. Chances are the experience turned him into a bitter, vengeful, hate-filled sociopath with a Napoleon complex, which would explain why he went into politics.
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« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2007, 05:54:19 PM »
Never again should it be said that Parliament should get some balls.
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« Reply #15 on: April 24, 2007, 11:21:52 PM »
Quote from: Michael Z on April 24, 2007, 04:51:27 PM
Quote from: Verily on April 21, 2007, 10:51:08 AM
There was much talk of him becoming the next Chancellor of the Exchequer, I believe. I'm not sure what came of it.

Only a question of time.

Btw, his name has been the butt of jokes for a while now. Michael Heseltine (the man who felled Thatcher) once made the remark "It's not Brown's - It's Balls!" over a speech Balls had written for Brown.

But I can only imagine what the poor chap must have gone through at school. Chances are the experience turned him into a bitter, vengeful, hate-filled sociopath with a Napoleon complex, which would explain why he went into politics.


Are you really so confident that Balls will be Chancellor? I also heard a lot of buzz about Alistair Darling as the next Chancellor, and it sounds as if Balls is an outside shot.
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« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2007, 04:22:44 AM »
Also not a surname I'd like to have.
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« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2007, 06:30:42 AM »
Quote from: Verily on April 24, 2007, 11:21:52 PM
Quote from: Michael Z on April 24, 2007, 04:51:27 PM
Quote from: Verily on April 21, 2007, 10:51:08 AM
There was much talk of him becoming the next Chancellor of the Exchequer, I believe. I'm not sure what came of it.

Only a question of time.

Btw, his name has been the butt of jokes for a while now. Michael Heseltine (the man who felled Thatcher) once made the remark "It's not Brown's - It's Balls!" over a speech Balls had written for Brown.

But I can only imagine what the poor chap must have gone through at school. Chances are the experience turned him into a bitter, vengeful, hate-filled sociopath with a Napoleon complex, which would explain why he went into politics.


Are you really so confident that Balls will be Chancellor? I also heard a lot of buzz about Alistair Darling as the next Chancellor, and it sounds as if Balls is an outside shot.

He won't be the next immediate Chancellor, but he's definitely being "groomed" for the role.
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« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2007, 09:24:04 AM »
Quote from: Michael Z on April 25, 2007, 06:30:42 AM
Quote from: Verily on April 24, 2007, 11:21:52 PM
Quote from: Michael Z on April 24, 2007, 04:51:27 PM
Quote from: Verily on April 21, 2007, 10:51:08 AM
There was much talk of him becoming the next Chancellor of the Exchequer, I believe. I'm not sure what came of it.

Only a question of time.

Btw, his name has been the butt of jokes for a while now. Michael Heseltine (the man who felled Thatcher) once made the remark "It's not Brown's - It's Balls!" over a speech Balls had written for Brown.

But I can only imagine what the poor chap must have gone through at school. Chances are the experience turned him into a bitter, vengeful, hate-filled sociopath with a Napoleon complex, which would explain why he went into politics.


Are you really so confident that Balls will be Chancellor? I also heard a lot of buzz about Alistair Darling as the next Chancellor, and it sounds as if Balls is an outside shot.

He won't be the next immediate Chancellor, but he's definitely being "groomed" for the role.

Labour will have to win the next election for that to come to fruition.
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« Reply #19 on: April 25, 2007, 09:28:39 AM »
Quote from: Verily on April 25, 2007, 09:24:04 AM
Labour will have to win the next election for that to come to fruition.

It's not like that's impossible or anything, you know. Regardless, he'll be around for a while.
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« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2007, 02:31:42 PM »
Quote from: Sibboleth on April 25, 2007, 09:28:39 AM
Quote from: Verily on April 25, 2007, 09:24:04 AM
Labour will have to win the next election for that to come to fruition.

It's not like that's impossible or anything, you know. Regardless, he'll be around for a while.

I have a feeling Labour will win. They're basically at the stage now the Tories were at in 1990.
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« Reply #21 on: April 25, 2007, 05:49:50 PM »
Quote from: Sibboleth on April 25, 2007, 09:28:39 AM
Quote from: Verily on April 25, 2007, 09:24:04 AM
Labour will have to win the next election for that to come to fruition.

It's not like that's impossible or anything, you know. Regardless, he'll be around for a while.

Not impossible, no, but not something to bank on.
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« Reply #22 on: April 25, 2007, 07:41:58 PM »
When does Andrew Bonar Law come up?
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« Reply #23 on: April 25, 2007, 08:03:42 PM »
Quote from: Michael Z on April 25, 2007, 06:30:42 AM
Quote from: Verily on April 24, 2007, 11:21:52 PM
Quote from: Michael Z on April 24, 2007, 04:51:27 PM
Quote from: Verily on April 21, 2007, 10:51:08 AM
There was much talk of him becoming the next Chancellor of the Exchequer, I believe. I'm not sure what came of it.

Only a question of time.

Btw, his name has been the butt of jokes for a while now. Michael Heseltine (the man who felled Thatcher) once made the remark "It's not Brown's - It's Balls!" over a speech Balls had written for Brown.

But I can only imagine what the poor chap must have gone through at school. Chances are the experience turned him into a bitter, vengeful, hate-filled sociopath with a Napoleon complex, which would explain why he went into politics.


Are you really so confident that Balls will be Chancellor? I also heard a lot of buzz about Alistair Darling as the next Chancellor, and it sounds as if Balls is an outside shot.

He won't be the next immediate Chancellor, but he's definitely being "groomed" for the role.

So you mean they are grooming Balls?
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« Reply #24 on: April 26, 2007, 02:09:58 AM »

Its 2007 not 1907.

Quote from: Gov. Bacon King on April 25, 2007, 08:03:42 PM
Quote from: Michael Z on April 25, 2007, 06:30:42 AM
He won't be the next immediate Chancellor, but he's definitely being "groomed" for the role.

So you mean they are grooming Balls?

LOL!
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