Boos for Ed Balls on soapbox
ED Balls was jeered and booed by fed-up voters in his own constituency during a humiliating pre-election showdown yesterday.
The Schools Secretary, speaking in the West Yorkshire seat of Morley and Outwood, mounted soapboxes with four other candidates to address voters directly.
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But members of the audience shouted “rubbish” and “answer the question” as Mr Balls responded to one woman’s question about the rejection of a proposal to open a high school in Birkenshaw.
When he spoke about “British values of tolerance and fair play” in response to a question about banning the burkha, some of the crowd cheered while others booed and held up BNP posters.