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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 26 Jun 2013

    "They call him George, president calls him Jeffrey, to everyone else he's Bungle". Labour's Ed Balls on UK chancellorhttp://bbc.in/17eZql4 

    5:30 AM - 26 Jun 2013
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      1. Mike Oyston‏ @DesirableNumber 26 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews @EddieVanSteen If that's Bungle, what is "An end to Boom and Bust" (BTW - G Brown!)

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      1. Tom Cairns‏ @swlines 26 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking How is that even breaking news?

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      1. Patricia Newton‏ @newtspat 27 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Not bad for Ed Balls, although he still comes across as a schoolboy chum of Ed M. He got a laugh, do they have anything else?

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      1. Euro Man & Activist‏ @DeyanWonder 26 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking But his real name is Gideon Oliver Osborne! He just added "George" later on....

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      1. George Taylor‏ @G_Tea92 26 Jun 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: "They call him George, president calls him Jeffrey, to everyone else he's Bungle". Labour's Ed Balls on UK chancellor" HaHa

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      1. Honestly‏ @Its_a_pleasure 26 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking this was @SimonNRicketts phrase first :-)

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      1. Gary Mixture‏ @GMixture 26 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking > maybe he should join the Rainbow Coalition Party.

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      1. Kelly Glenn‏ @KelGlenn 26 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking ironic coming from him. Balls by name etc.

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      1. Peter Carter-Wall‏ @PeterCarterWall 26 Jun 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: "They call him George, Obama calls him Jeffrey, to everyone else he's Bungle". Labour's Ed Balls on UK chancellor

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      1. Ken Green‏ @randybaterydown 26 Jun 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: "...to everyone else he's Bungle". Labour's Ed Balls on UK chancellor...” Then Balls must be bloody Zippy. #easyinopposition

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      1. Alick Cross‏ @alickc 26 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @johnprescott yeah and there's no pot of gold at the end of his rainbow

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      1. Jane Crowley‏ @lemonbakery 26 Jun 2013
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        Really?! “@BBCBreaking: "They call him George, president calls him Jeffrey, to everyone else he's Bungle". Ed Balls on UK chancellor

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      1. Indy‏ @Ox_22 26 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @johnprescott @PSbook THAT'S how you do a children's TV reference - not the botched Muppets gag. #sesamestreetgate

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      1. Amy Sheldon‏ @CurtisAimes 26 Jun 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking:"They call him George, president calls him Jeffrey, to everyone else he's Bungle".Labour's Ed Balls on UK chancellor"@JulietDJ

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      1. Grant Griffiths‏ @grant_griffiths 26 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @johnprescott you know someone else wrote that for Ed Balls though he isn't that clever he doesn't even understand simple maths

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      1. Deborah Playford‏ @ladyfreebird750 26 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @johnprescott Gotta love Ed, brilliant, guess that makes IDS Zippy (needs to zip his lip), and Cameron George (great wet nelly)

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      1. Adrian Worton‏ @RedOwl14 26 Jun 2013
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        BOOM! @BBCBreaking "They call him George, president calls him Jeffrey, to everyone else he's Bungle". Labour's Ed Balls on UK chancellor

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      1. Cagulae‏ @Cagulae 26 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @johnprescott Pathetic. No wonder our parliament is a laughing stock. No depth, no real world experience, no talent, unoriginal

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