General Election 2015: What is 6 times 7? Ed Balls takes 10 seconds to come up with the answer
But at least he comes up with the goods, unlike George Osborne
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Your support makes all the difference.The man hoping to take over the nation's finances took TEN seconds to answer this simple question: what is 6 times 7?
Ed Balls was stunned into a rare period of silence as a journalist asked him the question this morning, when he was momentarily distracted from his unveiling of Labour's latest poster - this time accusing the Tories of planning a secret tax cut for millionaires.
To be fair to him, the maths question thrown at him was slightly tougher than Ed Balls' challenge.
Mr Balls was unveiling Labour's latest attack-ad today. The poster claims voters are worse off by £1,100 each due to tax and benefit changes introduced under the Coalition. “Millions paying more while millionaires pay less," the poster proclaims, on a backdrop of Number 11 Downing Street.
The Shadow Chancellor also accused the Tories of having a “secret plan” to raise VAT by 2p, claiming it was the only way the Conservatives could fund pledges to deliver £7 billion worth of tax cuts after the election.
David Cameron hit back on Twitter, highlighting the Government's decision to increase in the basic rate income tax threshold that comes into affect today, as well as radical pension reforms that gives those over the age of 55 the power to spend their pension pots as they wish.
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