Former MP for Morley and Outwood who is mockingly referred to as ‘Mr Yvette Cooper’ has tweeted out after the launch of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party yesterday by saying that his words are incendiary and inflammatory towards MPs.
Since being booted out by the electorate Balls has donned sequined uniforms to take part in Strictly Come Dancing as well as other numerous ‘celebrity’ appearances.
The Balls/ Cooper partnership has been dogged with controversy over expenses claims with Wikipedia stating:
In September 2007, with his wife Yvette Cooper, he was accused by Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker of “breaking the spirit of Commons rules” by using MPs’ allowances to help pay for a £655,000 home in north London. Balls and Cooper bought a four bedroom house in Stoke Newington, and registered this as their second home (rather than their home in Castleford, West Yorkshire) in order to qualify for up to £44,000 a year to subsidise a reported £438,000 mortgage under the Commons Additional Costs Allowance, of which they claimed £24,400. Both worked in London full-time and their children attended local London schools. Balls and Cooper claimed that “The whole family travel between their Yorkshire home and London each week when Parliament is sitting. As they are all in London during the week, their children have always attended the nearest school to their London house.”
Balls and Cooper “flipped” the designation of their second home three times within the space of two years. In June 2008 they were referred to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over allegations that they were claiming expenses for what was effectively their main home in London; their combined claim was £24,000 i.e. “slightly more” than the single MP allowance.The commissioner exonerated them, adding that their motives were not for profit as they paid full capital gains tax.
Yesterday Balls Tweeted:
As you can see with the responses people were quick to point out to Balls that he delibaretley took Mr Farage’s words out of context when Mr Farage was in fact referring to MPs losing their seats and lucrative side contracts. Numerous other political figures such as David Lammy also got involved with many accusing Mr Farage of using language that is ‘incendiary’.
Guido Fawkes, the political commentator also followed up by saying:
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