Tuesday, October 17, 2006  Ed Balls Thinks I'm Stupid  It’s been
a good year for political quotes, particularly my favourite
kind, the ones that reveal a deeper meaning to the usual diet of
spin and drivel. But with the conference season out of the way,
it appears unlikely that my quote of the year award will be
going anywhere other than the prohibitive favourite since
February, everyone’s favourite Brownite lackey, Ed Balls MP, for
this classic from Question Time;  “You can’t claim to be a
progressive and simultaneously oppose tax credits”  Edward,
(says he adopting the Noel Coward-esque condescending tone of
voice at which he excels), I have a bachelor’s degree and will
soon have a master’s degree from the University of Manchester,
plus I’ve won University Challenge and am currently ranked
British #45 competitive quizzer. And even if that weren’t true I
would only need the intellect of a boiled cabbage to construct
an argument that would allow me to claim to be a progressive and
simultaneously oppose tax cr