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Ed Balls reveals he had a stammer at the age of 41 after cruel taunts by David Cameron | Daily Mail Online
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Ed Balls reduced to tears discussing overcoming his stammer with 'role model' Gareth Gates - Latest From ITV News
![Ed Balls breaks down in tears live on GMB as he reveals how Gareth Gates's stammer inspired him to go public with his own speech impediment that was famously mocked by David Ed Balls breaks down in tears live on GMB as he reveals how Gareth Gates's stammer inspired him to go public with his own speech impediment that was famously mocked by David](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/15/14/77833915-0-image-a-109_1700059244180.jpg)
Ed Balls breaks down in tears live on GMB as he reveals how Gareth Gates's stammer inspired him to go public with his own speech impediment that was famously mocked by David
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Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid and Ed Balls tear up as schoolboy conquers stammers in emotional speech
![Shadow chancellor, Ed Balls (left) and shadow health secretary Andy Burnham release balloons to mark International Stammering Awareness Day outside the Michael Palin Centre in north London Stock Photo - Alamy Shadow chancellor, Ed Balls (left) and shadow health secretary Andy Burnham release balloons to mark International Stammering Awareness Day outside the Michael Palin Centre in north London Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G7E3T4/shadow-chancellor-ed-balls-left-and-shadow-health-secretary-andy-burnham-G7E3T4.jpg)
Shadow chancellor, Ed Balls (left) and shadow health secretary Andy Burnham release balloons to mark International Stammering Awareness Day outside the Michael Palin Centre in north London Stock Photo - Alamy
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