How could I have forgotten to mention this in my last post? In that YouGov poll on the Labour leadership race, Ed Balls finished in a resounding last place. Yep,
the former Schools Secretary is stuck on 11 percent of first preference votes – behind both Diane Abbott and Andy Burnham, who are tied on 12 percent, as well as both Miliband brothers of
course. And the news has got Jim Pickard and Mehdi Hasan wondering: just what will Balls do next? Has he given up on winning? Will he drop out of the race
and concentrate on becoming shadow chancellor? I know plenty of Tories who wouldn’t know whether to laugh or cry if that turned out to be the case.
But the leading article in this week’s edition of the magazine sets out just why Tories should still be worried about Balls.
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