Balls to George Osborne!

[sandyRoe]

Ed Balls, will he make a better fist than his predecessor at opposing teh Chancellor?

[anneasquith]

fist ?

[sandyRoe]

If someone makes a better fist at doing something, they do a better job.
But now that you mention it, didn't Julian Clary make a very rude remark about a past chancellor?

[Bobbisox]

I think he's in for a rough ride Sandy, as GBs right hand man at the time

[MarkRae]

http://idioms.thefree...onary.com/make+a+fist

Scroll down a bit...

[sandyRoe]

I use s bit of slang and then find it's old fashioned. :-(

[Bobbisox]

I knew what ya meant ;-)

[anneasquith]

sandy, never heard that phrase before, now makes sense

[naomi24]

Why would anyone want to oppose the present chancellor? I can't see that the last one made such a brilliant job of it,

[Bobbisox]

a Scot whose never heard of the 'fist' Anne...nawwwww

[sandyRoe]

We need to believe in something. Or I do. So, for me it's Labour, right or not so right.

[naomi24]

Noooooooooooo! Whyyyyyyyyyyy?

[Bobbisox]

problem here Sandy is, Ed Balls stood cheek by jowel with GB when the economy was going ito freefall, he will take some stick about this, btw, I am Labour through and through

[sandyRoe]

Naomi, I refer you to the GK Chesterton quote that I've used here in AB once or twice.

[askyourgran]

I don't like Mr Balls - he's a smarmy git, and like young Ed milliband is less able than his brother, Ed should have stood aside and let his wife Yvette have a crack at it.
He was obviously a lost cause when Labour overspent and left us in debt. So what can he do this time around.