Happy Ed Ball's Day!

April 28th is the day we celebrate the anniversary of that time Ed Balls, former MP for Morley and Outwood, accidentally tweeted out his own name on Twitter.

The origins of Ed Balls Day

It was a Thursday, much like any other Thursday - Thursday 28 April 2011, to be precise. Ed Balls, then Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, was browsing the aisles in the Castleford branch of Asda when an aide suggested he search for an article on Twitter which mentioned him.

He began typing in his name into the 'compose tweet' field instead of the search box. An easy mistake to make, but one that would have huge (ish) ramifications.

Mr Balls became distracted by a phone call, and accidentally hit 'send' on his Blackberry, thus tweeting his own name out into the ether.