number ten? ~ ., ,, ., , number ten? mr speaker, of course i welcome the number ten? mr speaker, of course i welcome the honourable number ten? mr speaker, of course i welcome the honourable lady - number ten? mr speaker, of course i welcome the honourable lady to - number ten? mr speaker, of course i welcome the honourable lady to her l welcome the honourable lady to her place. but for the rest of what he had to say, ball s was the word. you are right first time, your word, mr speaker, not mine. i simply advise the house to go back over what i have just said about all the protections we are putting in place already, the warm homes going to feel allowance and the thousands putting into local councils. if he talks about long term energy solutions, is this the same ed balls,, ed davey he was an energy minister? , ., ., , ., ., minister? hospitalisations in london have peaked minister? hospitalisations in london have peaked so minister? hospitalisations in london have peaked so th
stronger wind on saturday. that winter is coming in from the south, hence those temperatures, saturday, new year s day, 20, 22. thank you. that s it. goodbye from me. wejoin the thank you. that s it. goodbye from me. we join the local news teams where you are. oh, my god, how do you know ed balls? someone said to me the other day, assuming the only reason you might know my guest on political thinking for this christmas special is because of his dancing on strictly come dancing, winning the celebrity best home chef, or making all those documentaries on bbc two. i gently pointed out to someone who was about my children s age that before all of that
the moral of the story, ladies and gentlemen, is even when you are the advisor to the chancellor of the exchequer, it s your mum s roast sirloin that matters most. they would ve been so upset. thank you forjoining me it s been a pleasure. thank you. i was sat next to david dimbleby on the bbc election night set when i heard the news that ed balls had lost his parliamentary seat. the truth is i was still rather emotional, i had lost my voice and i d had cancer and come back and was struggling to broadcast and ifound myself saying on air exactly what i thought, which i don t always do. i said many people regarded balls as a bully or a tough guy, as someone who is obsessed with politics, but i knew a person who loved football, piano, karaoke and loved to cook, and i predicted people would see him in a few years time very differently from how they did at that time. most of my predictions
actually improving, darling ! and i thought, yes! and there is a part of me which is like always, it s nice making people smile but i wanted to get better. favourite music? billy bragg, isn t it? i do like to sing saturday boy. go on. i remember the first time i met her, that september evening was clear and fresh, the way she walked and laughed at myjokes and the way she rubbed herself up against the edge of my desk. # she became a magic mystery to me and we d # sit together in double history twice a week.# and i can t remember what happens after that. i really enjoyed playing bach on the piano and i love handel opera and joshua redman, the jazz saxophonist, absolutely brilliant. i could keep going nina simone, nina simone! i ll end with my favourite ed balls anecdote which for me, and i will prompt you to tell it, cos it s because it s and i will prompt you to tell it, because it s very christmas. gordon brown and the beef. my mum and dad were living out
stuff he actually was stuff he actually was quite a serious politician, being when i first met him the adviser to the shadow chancellor gordon brown and then to the chancellor himself, before becoming education secretary, shadow chancellor and a candidate for the labour leader. all that feels, though, like a very long time ago. welcome to political thinking. a long time ago, goodness me. it s christmas after all and while we re recording this before christmas, it s being broadcast afterwards. given you just produced a cookery book, or at least a book about christmas cooking, reflections, tips, people are sitting there wondering what they should do with the christmas leftovers. what is the ed balls recommendation? the most important thing for post christmas leftovers is chips homemade chips. my mother in law is brilliant at making homemade chips, cut some potatoes, double cooked