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Balls’ battle with bullies – 8 in the morning, June 14th

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * "The Tories and the right-wing press can call me all the names they like, but they'll never knock me down." -- Ed Balls talks about family, his childhood and differences with Gordon Brown in the Mirror…

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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* “The Tories and the right-wing press can call me all the names they like, but they’ll never knock me down.” — Ed Balls talks about family, his childhood and differences with Gordon Brown in the Mirror.

* Meanwhile in the Telegraph, Balls argues that Labour lost the election on VAT.

* Office for Budget Responsibility likely to say Darling overestimated ability of economy to bounce back.

* “This is the opportunity to make a decisive turn in the road towards a post-oil economy” — Ed Miliband says we need to think long term about the BP crisis.

* “New Labour was stifling debate” — Ed Miliband talks to Mary Riddell in the Telegraph.

* “The kisses I remember most in my life are the kisses I gave to my children when they were born.” — David Miliband gives a very personal interview to the Times.

* Sarah Brown will be writing ‘intimate’ memoirs on her time in number 10.

* And LabourList held a fringe meeting at Compass conference with Left Foot Forward on Saturday — read the report here.