The return of the pair of Naughtie Balls

 
30 October 2012

Back in 2007, James Naughtie interviewed Ed Balls, now Shadow Chancellor, on Radio 4’s Today programme, inadvertently starting a question with: “If we win the election ...”

Back in 2007, James Naughtie interviewed Ed Balls, now Shadow Chancellor, on Radio 4’s Today programme, inadvertently starting a question with: “If we win the election ...”

Naughtie and Balls still seem to be of the same allegiance. The Twitter account Eye Spy MP reports the pair had lunch yesterday at Les Deux Salons in Covent Garden: “Naughtie slagging off David Cameron, Balls agreeing.

The table opposite loudly accuse Balls of ‘Economic Jihad’.”

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