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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 28 April 2011 Ed Balls, who was shadow chancellor at the time, was urged by his aide to search Twitter for articles mentioning his name, but instead of doing a search he tweeted his own name in error. | |
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 the time of writing, the hashtag #EdBallsDay has been the top trend in the UK and has been used over 10,000 times. | At the 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 | By Rozina Sini |