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Why people are celebrating Ed Balls Day Happy Ed Balls day, from Ed Balls
(about 5 hours later)
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.
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. And now Ed Balls and his family are joining in the celebrations.
So on 28 April Twitter rejoices in the madness and celebrates Ed Balls. It all started on 28 April 2011 when Ed Balls was shadow chancellor. He was urged by his aide to look on Twitter for articles mentioning his name, but instead of doing a simple search he tweeted his own name in error.
At the time of writing, the hashtag #EdBallsDay has been the top trend in the UK and has been used over 10,000 times. Since then on 28 April every year Twitter rejoices in the madness of the internet gaffe and marks Ed Balls Day.
As Ed Balls Day draws to a close, his wife MP Yvette Cooper has been urging him to join in.
Finally after thousands of tweets Ed Balls himself responded to his Twitter fans with a photo of a cake to mark the occasion.
The hashtag #EdBallsDay has been the top trend in the UK and has been used over 26,000 times.
Some have even tried to start their own trend.
Others are happy to share the love.
And Brian Bilston has even been inspired to write poetryAnd Brian Bilston has even been inspired to write poetry
No response yet from Ed Balls' own Twitter account yet - but we'll update you.
By Rozina SiniBy Rozina Sini