Happy #EdBallsDay (yup, it’s still a thing)
Happy #EdBallsDay to one and all. Thought the weirdest Twitter celebration in the UK would go the same way as the ex-politician's career? Think again.
Five years on from the infamous tweet where Ed Balls tweeted, simply, Ed Balls, the internet is no less interested in marking the day.
Here's how the nation is celebrating (and this may just be the perfect example of why Twitter has a hard time attracting new users).
https://twitter.com/HenryDimbleby/status/725582323610165248
Happy #EdBallsDay everyone. Let's keep the spirit of it alive and exist in a state of befuddlement for the duration pic.twitter.com/IcbfdQGV7w
— Vintage Books (@vintagebooks) April 28, 2016
Happy #EdBallsDay, everyone.
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) April 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/rickburin/status/725574701351862272
It's hard to get excited about #EdBallsDay when the supermarkets have been gearing up for it since October
— Abi (@agirlcalledTom) April 28, 2016
Thousands and thousands are marching down Whitehall in celebration of #EdBallsDay – yet no mention of it on the BBC news. Typical bias.
— Kevin (@kvn_dnls) April 28, 2016
Happy #EdBallsDay. Here is a poem entitled "Ed Balls". pic.twitter.com/7EkVVISWGp
— Brian Bilston (@brian_bilston) April 28, 2016
#EdBallsDay pic.twitter.com/8ytLl9L9KV
— Andrew Bloch (@AndrewBloch) April 28, 2016
It's #EdBallsDay ! Has he been? pic.twitter.com/EYRoKm4mcA
— Michael Moran (@TheMichaelMoran) April 28, 2016
Happy #EdBallsDay one and all https://t.co/NBl8bptxD7
— Lewis (@lewisgilbert97) April 28, 2016
And the tweet that started it all…
Ed Balls
— Ed Balls (@edballs) April 28, 2011
Update
A late entry in the trying too hard category
Matt Hancock
— Matt Hancock (@MattHancock) April 28, 2016