[The Red Arrow]

The state of this nation encapsulated in one Guardian article...


With his crab soufflé, Ed Balls shows how to overcome the ultimate rejection
Anne Perkins

He could have slipped seamlessly into the City, but the former Labour bruiser is reinventing himself by telling us how to beat egg whites in the Spectator
Last modified on Wednesday 23 December 2015 13.32 GMT

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[youngian]

Today Ed showed a light souffle that never rose. But that's enough about the wife's leadership campaign.

[bluebellnutter]

Ed Balls can make a soufflé rise

George Osborne claims his soufflé is rising even when it isn't, than blames that on Ed Balls

[The Weeping Angel]

So Ed Balls writing a cooking column in the Spectator is bad how exactly?

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Makes you wonder who the Bitterati are.

[Agnes]

I don't see anyone saying that Ed Balls writing a cookery column is bad. Not even in the original article.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

I think it's the shoehorning in of a snide aside against Yvette Cooper...

[Agnes]

Do you mean Ian's

Today Ed showed a light souffle that never rose. But that's enough about the wife's leadership campaign.

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I didn't think that was criticising EB for writing the article, just using the fact that he did as a jumping-off point for a Yvette Cooper joke.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Yup. Why waste a chance to make a backhand comment?

[The Weeping Angel]

No more this

The state of this nation encapsulated in one Guardian article...

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Eh?

Do you mean, "No, more this:"

[mattomac]

I quite like Ed....

[bluebellnutter]

I see he's now the new Chariman of Norwich City FC

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[The Weeping Angel]

Meet Norwich City's new chairman

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[KevS]

Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

Mind you, gives this Ipswich fan plenty of scope for puns when they lose.