Good old Ed Balls. He has just given a lobby briefing attacking Tory education plans – at least that was his plan. But he ended up speaking about everything under the sun – Cherie’s pregnancy, the wickedness of Frank Field, the hopelessness of Crewe, the errors of the 10p Budget, why Labour is “behind the curve” on family finances. He walked into bear trap after bear trap. The lobby loved it, unable to believe their luck. All of this eclipsed his orginal attack message.
As CoffeeHousers know, I’m keen on education so I, at least, wanted to know how Balls would attack the Tory policy. He suggested teachers would get sacked in unpopular schools (no, Ed, more schools do not lead to fewer teachers), and asked who will pay for the 220,000 “additional” places the Tories envisage.
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