The former shadow chancellor is courteous about Brown and Blair,less so about Ed Miliband. He writes a version of the truth, but his politics seem as incongruous as his dance movesPolitics is not meant to be fun. conference demands that politicians depict their work as a pious vocation, and rewarding only to the extent that public service is its own remuneration. Voters tend towards the opposite view,imagining MPs in a state of constant money-grubbing machination, getting icy thrills from power and corruption.
So when Ed Balls describes meeting Dolly Parton as one of the highlights of his career or admits that travel to exotic locations was a perk of ministerial summits, or it feels as if he is spilling a banal yet well-kept trade secret: politicians sometimes gather a childlike kick out of their jobs because they gather to attain icy stuff that,as children, they never imagined they might attain. Related: Ed Balls: ‘Yvette thought it was easier for me to believe a midlife crisis than her’ Balls is not afraid to admit weakness, and at least not any moreModerates end up cast as soulless automatons. Mavericks and charlatans are lauded for their characterful originalityContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com