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Ed Miliband / Ed Balls
Names Ed2, Miliballs
Description Two Eds are better than one

I cannot think of anybody I would rather have at my side. ~ Ed Miliband

The Leader of the Opposition and his Shadow Chancellor, forced to put aside years of distrust and rivalry in order to get their party back on its feet.

History[edit | edit source]

Young spaddy Eds

Ed Miliband and Ed Balls first met while Balls was working at the FT and Miliband was an aide to Gordon Brown. Ed Balls later also went to work for Brown and the two Eds have had to put up with each other ever since.

Ed Balls is thought to have been one of the most tribal Brownites, with some of his behaviour described as 'bullying', whereas Ed Miliband has been recognised as one of the least tribal, and so unfailingly polite that he was nicknamed 'The Emissary from Planet Fuck'. There are rumours that Balls felt threatened by Miliband, who was his rival as Brown's unofficial right-hand man, and briefed against him a number of times, such as when Miliband wanted to prevent the construction of a controversial third runway at Heathrow. Sadly for Balls, it was Miliband that Brown was described to adore "like a son".

"Make me Chancellor, y/y?"

At the 2010 Labour Party Conference, Ed Miliband was announced leader. Ed Balls came third, and due to his economic expertise and David Miliband not standing for the shadow cabinet, he was expected to become shadow chancellor. It is believed he had coveted the postition for a long time and was almost given it by Gordon Brown. However Miliband chose to make Alan Johnson shadow chancellor instead, presumably to avoid accusations of wanting to run the economy in the same Brownite fashion that it had been for the past thirteen years. In early 2011, Alan Johnson stepped down for 'personal reasons' and Ed Balls finally became Shadow Chancellor.

Support[edit | edit source]

Much of the time they look uncomfortable in each other's presence:

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But they occasionally manage to work well together:

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Fanon[edit | edit source]

Much of their interaction in fandom is non-shippy. The fanon contrasts Ed Miliband's apparent naivety with Ed Balls's boisterousness, suggesting that Ed Balls is in actually charge or at least, would very much prefer to be. Balls's perspective of Miliband is usually that he is a weak, incapable leader, but his resentment is also a result of not being immediately chosen as shadow chancellor upon Miliband's election as leader. Miliband is shown to be distrustful of Balls, due to years of witnessing his bullying and scheming at the Treasury. There is often jealousy between them regarding Yvette Cooper, as Miliband's former flatmate and long-time crush and Balls's wife.