What is Ed Balls Day and why the #EdBallsDay trend?
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(Pocket-lint) – You might have noticed a strange hashtag on the trending charts on Twitter today, at least in the UK.“#EdBallsDay” is on the rise with tens of thousands of tweets expected today alone.
But what is Ed Balls Day and why are so many people posting funny comments about it online?
Well, it’s been 11 years to the day since British politician and ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls accidentally or intentionally tweeted his own name for all to see. It read, simply, “Ed Balls.”
Ed Balls –
Ed Balls (@edballs) April 28, 2011
On April 28, 2011, this post had some viral success and since then, every year on the same day, thousands of people commemorate it in a funny way.
Memes, gifs, funny tweets galore, Ed Balls Day is celebrated online on April 28 every year. He is perhaps even more popular than Balls himself – although his appearances on the UK show Strictly Come Dancing and other entertainment TV shows have put him more firmly in the eye of the public since.
The former Labor MP and chairman of Norwich City FC rarely marks the special occasion himself, but he has turned the tide in 2020. Hopefully he does the same this time around. After all, #EdBallsDay is now celebrating more than a decade in the limelight.
Ed Balls #Lockdown #CoolerKing pic.twitter.com/MCa0hG4mSc-
Ed Balls (@edballs) April 28, 2020
We’ll update with more favorites from this year as the day progresses. Here are the highlights so far:
“You, my boy, what day is it?”
“#EdBallsDaysir !” pic.twitter.com/O3TEZlD3jN-Jenny McKinnon (@JennyMcKinnon_) April 28, 2022
Joyful #EdBallsDay pic.twitter.com/pSt3oqPoIo-
(@MattMaloneMD) April 27, 2022
Forget the Queen’s Jubilee, there should only be one additional public holiday this year: #edballsday pic.twitter.com/LWlGzdfAuB-
robinyellow (@robinyellow) April 27, 2022
Happy Ed Balls Day to you. #EdBallsDay pic.twitter.com/V3M3PDsCPT-
Brian Bilston (@brian_bilston) April 28, 2022
Written by Rik Henderson. Edited by Max Freeman-Mills.