‘Embarrassed’ Ed Balls reveals more about decision to form punk band The Centrist Dads with Robert Peston

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'Embarrassed' Ed Balls reveals more about the decision to form a punk band with Robert Peston.Source: Good Morning Britain, ITV

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00:00 Robert Peston singing "I am an anarchist, I am the anti-christ" is quite memorable.
00:04 Dad's supposed to be embarrassing.
00:06 Over the years I've overachieved.
00:08 Actually, their view was it wasn't as embarrassing as they expected.
00:12 Not as embarrassing as strictly.
00:15 They think the name "Centrist Dad" is terrible.
00:18 They said, "Appalling.
00:20 My son said Owen Jones will hate it."

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