I was charmed by Ed Balls on television — but thankfully the feeling soon passed
29 May 2010
Toby Young suffers from Status Anxiety
He then asked why I hadn’t come to see him when he was the Secretary of State at the DCSF. ‘I would have helped you,’ he said.
I am 100 per cent sure that isn’t true. He would have told us to take a running jump, just as he did the parent group in Kirklees who sought his support. Nevertheless, his charm offensive was quite effective. As he swept out of the green room with his two outriders in tow, I felt myself warming towards him. ‘Perhaps he isn’t such a bad fellow after all,’ I thought.
Happily, the feeling soon passed. I reminded myself that he was Gordon Brown’s henchman for 13 years and had spent many a late night conspiring with Damian McBride to smear Brown’s opponents. The only reason he had been being civil on air was in the hope of coming across as Mr Reasonable in case any Labour party MPs were watching. I hope they didn’t fall for it.
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