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| Why people are celebrating Ed Balls Day | Why people are celebrating Ed Balls Day |
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| Happy Ed Balls Day! Who knew that five years ago, a Twitter fail would still be remembered. So what is it all about? | Happy Ed Balls Day! Who knew that five years ago, a Twitter fail would still be remembered. So what is it all about? |
| On April 28 2011 Ed Balls, who was shadow chancellor at the time, tweeted his own name in error. He was urged by his aide to search Twitter for articles mentioning his name, but instead of doing a search he tweeted his own name. | |
| So on 28 April Twitter rejoices in the madness and celebrates Ed Balls. | So on 28 April Twitter rejoices in the madness and celebrates Ed Balls. |
| At time of writing, the hashtag #EdBallsDay has been the top trend in the UK and has been used over 10,000 times. | At time of writing, the hashtag #EdBallsDay has been the top trend in the UK and has been used over 10,000 times. |
| And Brian Bilston has even been inspired to write poetry | And Brian Bilston has even been inspired to write poetry |
| No response yet from Ed Balls' own Twitter account yet - but we'll update you. | No response yet from Ed Balls' own Twitter account yet - but we'll update you. |
| By Rozina Sini |