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"Twitter users are celebrating Ed Balls Day by tweeting his name. The politician became the subject of the &amp;#039;Ed Balls&amp;#039; meme when he posted his own name and nothing else two years ago on April 28, 2011. Ed Balls &amp;amp;mdash; Ed Balls (@edballsmp) April 28, 2011 Since then, the tweet has been spread enthusiastically by other users. Balls, who is shadow chancellor and Labour MP for Morley &amp;amp; Outwood in West Yorkshire, even joined in with the meme himself on Sunday afternoon, despite suggesting that he would avoid social media for the day: Ok, ok.. Because it would be rude not to..!RT @edballsmp: Ed Balls &amp;amp;mdash; Ed Balls (@edballsmp) April 28, 2013 His wife and fellow Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who is shadow home secretary, also joined in: RT @edballsmp: Ed Balls &amp;amp;mdash; Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP) April 28, 2013 According to The Mirror, Balls said of the two-year anniversary: &amp;quot;I think the best thing I can do is not look at Twitter and bury my head in the sand - like George Osborne on the economy.&amp;quot; Balls continued: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t really know what to say. I&amp;#039;ve got no idea how to respond really. &amp;quot;The thing about being my age is that there are certain parts of the modern world that leave you baffled and speechless.&amp;quot; Ed Balls &amp;amp;mdash; Ella (@ifonlyella) April 28, 2013   Ed Balls. &amp;amp;mdash; Josh Dodgson (@JoshDodgson) April 28, 2013   Ed Balls &amp;amp;mdash; Samuel Williams (@SamuelPWilliams) April 28, 2013   Ed Balls &amp;amp;mdash; John Prescott (@johnprescott) April 28, 2013 Earlier this month, the shadow chancellor retweeted a photo of the London Underground service update board which had &amp;quot;Ed Balls&amp;quot; as its additional information. He stated at the time: &amp;quot;Sorry... But this is getting really weird.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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