Ed Balls, shadow Chancellor, has rejected the idea of another Labour tax-and-spend bonanza:
No way. Not in a million years. Absolutely not, because that is a totally irresponsible way to get into government. You’ve got to show that you can make the tough decisions [and] be tough with public spending. There will be no splurge giveaways.
Ed Balls is an interest case for the application of logic.
A) Gordon Brown indulged in a brainless credit binge both private and public that has left Britain among the most indebted countries IN THE WORLD. I think that all but the most intellectual of comfortable middle-class cognoscenti agree on this. This magnificent feat was accompanied by two unforgettable quotes:
- “I have abolished boom and bust.” and
- “I do know how to run an economy.” (He meant “ruin”, but let’s move on.)
B) Balls was Brown’s right-hand man for a long time while all this was going on and as far as I recall neither said nor did anything to rein in the rampaging bull smashing up all the China.
C) NOW he says Labour would never go on a spending spree and must be financially responsible etc etc.
NOW,
1) EITHER he believed in Brown’s policies for so many years, but has suddenly had a miraculous conversion
2) OR he didn’t believe in them but went along with the whole farrago of lunacy for some reason.
This reason could have been either that he was scared of Brown and gutlessly failed at any time to stand up to him, OR
He thought it would serve his own best interests in his Labour Party career and might help him to the leadership. (Sod the good of the country of course …… – that would NEVER enter into any of these people’s considerations.)
If 1) applies (the sudden conversion thinggy), the question this raises is: “Would anyone but a moron vote for someone who takes about a decade to work out the bleedin’ obvious?”
B) If B) applies, then: “Why would anyone but a moron vote for an obvious cynic and indeed LIAR?”
The inescapable end conclusion is that anyone prepared to vote for or indeed support Balls in any way is a moron. This is of course a bit harsh on morons. Still, as far as I know one can’t yet be arrested for calling someone a moron – but give it time.
