THE LATEST hysterical (and not in a funny way) email from “Vote For A Change” has reached me, and its tone is so high-pitched that I suspect only dogs can hear it…

Tom,

“Balls has lost his bearings.”

“Fairer elections? Ed says Balls to that!”

And – succinct, to the point, with extra points for creative vowel usage:

“BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLS.”

We’ve received some amazing slogan ideas for Ed Balls’ billboard since I wrote you about it last week. The preceding gems are just a few of them.

But because we haven’t heard your brilliant, Balls-busting billboard idea yet, I’m hoping you’ll share it with us now:

http://www.voteforachange.co.uk/EdBallsBillboard

We’re bringing home the message to Balls that we won’t stand by as he tries to scupper voting reform.

And because we’re doing it by putting up a billboard in his Normanton constituency, we want the best possible slogan our campaign’s collective brainpower can dream up.

Don’t miss your chance to tell Balls exactly what you think about his opposition to a referendum.

Willie

The thing is, after Monday’s post about how insanely obsessed certain people can become on the issue of electoral reform, I spoke to Ed during a vote about the attempts by Councillor Sullivan to reduce his majority on Normanton as revenge for… well, revenge for something or other. And I confess I was disappointed by Ed’s revelation that he’s not only a supporter of AV but of a referendum. Boo!

Is it possible, do you think, that the director of “Vote For A Change” has based his entire campaigning strategy on an unsubstantiated rumour, or that Willie hasn’t even bothered to lift the phone to speak to Ed’s people about the truth (or otherwise) of those rumours? Surely not?