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Autumn Statement 2013: Ed Balls' Evolving Reaction To The Economy In 6 Glorious/Terrifying Gifs

Ed Balls' Evolving Reaction To The Economy In 6 Glorious Gifs
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Shadow chancellor Ed Balls addresses delegates on the second day of the Labour Party Annual Conference in Brighton.
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Ed Balls is rather resolute in his consistent opposition to George Osborne's economic plans and his determined view they will ultimately fail.

Well, that's what he'd like you to think.

Here are six glorious - and terrifying - gifs that prove otherwise...

The Evolution Of Ed Balls
HE'S ANGRY! Bloomberg Speech August 2010(01 of06)
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"Far from learning from our history it is my fear that the new Coalition government is set to repeat the mistakes of history – and that George Osborne’s declaration of ‘cautious optimism’ on this platform a fortnight ago may go down in history alongside Norman Lamont singing in his bath."
REALLY ANGRY! LSE June 2011(02 of06)
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"And what they, Ireland and Greece have all discovered - just like Argentina, Brazil and Turkey before them - is that it doesn't matter how much they cut spending or how much they raise taxes; if they can't create jobs and growth, their debt and deficit problems get even worse and market confidence falls further still."My concern is that we are starting to see the same thing happen here in Britain."
FUMING! Speech At Thomson Reuters June 2013(03 of06)
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"This Spending Review is a sign not of strength but of weakness. It is happening because the Chancellor’s economic policies have failed catastrophically – on living standards, economic growth and on deficit reduction too. It is this economic failure that is the background to this month’s Spending Review."
SEETHING! In the same speech...(04 of06)
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"The 2010 Budget and Spending Review, which were supposed to make things better, have in fact made things much worse - choking off the recovery, crushing living standards and flatlining the economy."
BUT THEN! Labour Party Conference September 2013(05 of06)
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"Even as growth finally returns, with prices still rising faster than wages, with business investment still weak, with unemployment still rising in half the country, with bank lending to business still falling, we can't be satisfied."Let us show we will not duck the great challenges we will face on spending and the deficit."
AND THIS! Andrew Marr Show December 2013(06 of06)
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"Because, for all the welcome reports that the economy is finally growing again, for millions of families there is still no recovery at all."
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