Ed Balls has just started on Twitter and he’s already an avid user. I have always found Ed perfectly charming, but then, unlike Fraser, he has never bawled me out about anything I have written (even when I suggested he was a socialist).
But when I saw the following “tweet” I thought he was demonstrating his legendary capacity for threatening behaviour: “despite glossy makeover, it’s still the same old Tribune — just like the Tories.” Being able to sound menacing in a “tweet” is some skill. What was he getting at? Could he really be saying that Tribune was as bad as the Tories? Had the paper’s mild-mannered editor, Chris McLaughlin committed some appalling act of disloyalty.
Turns out, it’s a joshing reference from Balls to his latest column. And here’s the joke it full:
“I hesitate to start this column by drawing a parallel between Tribune and the Tories.
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