Frank Field: kicking (Ed) Balls

Frank Field has rarely been accused of being too kind to his Labour colleague Ed Balls.   Today, as Ed enjoys some time in the limelight for remarking on the end of the world as we know it a jolly nasty recession, Frank is not exactly full of sympathy. 

"One understands why Ed is trying to spread the blame again internationally. But who was it, Ed, that set up the present regulatory machinery, who was standing on the burning deck of developments?"

Who indeed? 

 And what about Ed's boss and his bid to save the world from the evils of the banks?   Frank is not impressed.

 "What the Government also has not realised is that failure to act decisively here will see the anger of voters against bankers being transferred to politicians.

"This anger is likely to be such that the only way that Labour MPs will be able to go out in public will be in heavy disguise – such will be the public ridicule."