" Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls 'forgets' he was a Tory at university ( once dressing as a Nazi)
'All through my university days and my career I've been driven by the desire to prove that Labour could run the economy well.' But it seems Mr Balls, an outside bet for the leadership behind David and Ed Miliband, is having difficulty with his memory.
While he was studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Keble College, Oxford, far from being utterly wedded to the Labour Party he was in fact a member of the university Conservative Association.
The secret Tory past of Mr Balls, who was Gordon Brown's most trusted friend in the last government, had lain undetected for more than three decades.
It was revealed by Philip Hollobone, the Tory MP for Kettering, who was a member of the same Oxford Conservative Association between 1984-87.
'I was the secretary of the Conservative association and I can tell you without a doubt that Ed Balls, who no one knew back then, was a paid-up member,' said Mr Hollobone. 'I imagine he is more than a little shy about talking about it.
'He can't deny it though because it is clearly written in the records that Ed Balls was a member. I can remember his name.'
Asked why Mr Balls joined the Tory Association, the aide added: 'It was the only way he could get to hear Tory speakers such as Michael Heseltine. He's always been a Labour man.' "
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Does the extra dimension of Ed Balls 3 year Tory Party Membership experience improve or hinder his
chances in the Labour Leadership Stakes ?